Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:39:52 +0100 (CET) | From | Igmar Palsenberg <> | Subject | Re: Documenting stat(2) |
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Mike Castle wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 09:52:02PM +0100, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > I use lstat to check if a config file is a symlink, and if it is, it > > refuses to open it. > > Nice race condition.
Agree, but still better then opening things that are actually a symlink. Now would someone probably say : use the O_NOWFOLLOW option, but since I do other checks that wouldn't be an option.
> mrc
Igmar
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