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Re: REPOST: unlink semantics
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 10:20:04PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > As a suggested fix, path_conv::check could
> > returns ENOENT for a file if it appears in the delqueue.
>
> This introduces it's own problems: what happens when the application
> then tries to create a new file with that file name? Do we give it a
> random temporary name? What happens when the app then calls a non-cygwin
> program with the file name.... oops!
Yes, you can't make everyone happy. The Windows semantics when
deleting a file in use is so different from POSIX, that you will
always find a situation which won't work as in POSIX. Regardless
of the effort you make to "get it right".
I don't think it's worth it. The whole delqueue approach is just
a crook and will always be.
Corinna
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