Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:00:49 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: A workaround for Unix-style temporary files
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Alain Magloire wrote:

> Technically the unlink() is correct, file removal with unlink() is well
> defined within POSIX definition :

Alas, neither DOS nor Windows 9X don't comply.

> What makes it so attractive on Un*x and other POSIX syst. is that
> the behaviour will be consistent even when the program crash.  You
> could use atexit() to cleanup, but when the program die unexpectedly
> its hard to cleanup without coorporation of the OS.

Exactly.  Therefore, any DJGPP-specific solution to this problem, even
if we decide to include it, won't be able to remove the temporaries in
all cases.