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    SubjectRe: Bug in open() function (?)
    "J.C. Wren" <jcwren@jcwren.com> wrote:
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    > I was playing around today and found that if an existing file is opened with
    > O_TRUNC | O_RDONLY, the existing file is truncated.

    Well that's fairly idiotic, isn't it?

    The Open Group go on to say "The result of using O_TRUNC with O_RDONLY is
    undefined" which is also rather silly.

    I'd be inclined to leave it as-is, really.
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