Re: Documenting stat(2)

Mike Castle (dalgoda@ix.netcom.com)
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:00:23 -0800

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.

mrc

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