Re: ext2fs problem with rename() system call

Tom Eastep (eastep@loc1.tandem.com)
Thu, 07 Jan 1999 11:00:40 -0800

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> What POSIX.2 says about the behaviour of the "ln"/"cp" commands is another
> issue. I agree with you that it would _seem_ like their behaviour is less
> than desireable, but whether it is a bug is not clear.
>

In my copy of POSIX.2 (admitedly it's several years old), the -b option
isn't mentioned;
nor is it mentioned in the current Single Unix Specification.

-Tom

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


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