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Date: | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:16:28 -0500 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: unlink |
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:36:26AM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: >Chris, > >It's a great idea to use FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE for unlink, >but a few bells rang when I read the code. AFAIK, I didn't add anything here. I just changed the order. unlink has always used FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE. >2) Why is wincap.has_delete_on_close needed? > >All Windows versions have delete_on_close capability. This is a snippet >on WinME with a file on a shared directory mounted on Win98. It doesn't work quite right on Windows 98. I tested it extensively a while ago and it seemed unreliable. Maybe it is ok in the current incarnation. I guess I could remove that test and see if anyone hollers. >3) I don't understand why there are so many SetFileAttributes after CreateFile > succeeds. If the file will be deleted, its attributes are don't care. Think 'hard links'. cgf
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