From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: rename and unlink in cygwin32 16 Sep 1998 04:11:35 GMT Message-ID: <6tndpn$6bc$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: <19980915141405.05370.cygnus.gnu-win32@bach.memex.co.uk> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article <19980915141405.05370.cygnus.gnu-win32@bach.memex.co.uk>, Stephen Marley wrote: >Could someone please describe how cygwin32 allows open files to be >renamed and unlinked under Win32? (This is illegal in the native api). Currently, if unlink() fails with the appropriate error, the filename is placed in a queue for deletion at some future time. >Are temporary files involved? Nope. >How robust is the scheme? Not very. -- cgf@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/