Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:06:55 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] new syscall: flink |
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Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> + temp files which have to be completed first before renamed. Here > flink() and frename() would introduce the name in the filesystem. > This is obviously useful in many many places, e.g., the linker > scenario. There is no way to attack the linker while it is doing > its work since the output file isn't visible until it is installed > under the final name.
How about an O_LINKONCLOSE flag that says not to link the file until it's closed?
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