Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Feb 2003 13:07:52 +0100 | From | Alex Riesen <> | Subject | Re: futimes()? |
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H. Peter Anvin, Sun, Feb 02, 2003 02:53:22 +0100: > In the general vein of avoiding security holes by using file > descriptors when doing repeated operations on the same filesystem > object, I have noticed that there doesn't seem to be a way to set > mtime using a file descriptor. Do we need a futimes() syscall?
There is a small problem with close(). It can update mtime as well.
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