Re: ext2fs problem with rename() system call

Tom Eastep (eastep@loc1.tandem.com)
Thu, 07 Jan 1999 10:21:22 -0800

Jamie Lokier wrote:

> I guess GNU `ln -fb a b' and `cp -flb a b' are broken then. They fail if
> `b' and `b~' point to the same file, which is quite likely in these cases.
> `ln -f a b' and `cp -fl a b' are fine.
>
> Should I submit a bug report for fileutils then?

Yes, I think you can argue that it's a bug given the documented
semantics of the -f option...

-Tom

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Tom Eastep
Compaq Computer Corporation
Enterprise Computing Group
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tom.eastep@compaq.com


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