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SubjectRe: Documenting stat(2)
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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