-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Jim Meyering on 9/4/2009 2:36 PM: >> + so we are justified in trying link() before blindly removing B, >> + and calling link() twice for a successful 'ln -f'. > > Looks fine, modulo: > > how about adjusting via > > s/and/and thus sometimes/ > or s/twice/a second time,/ > > Otherwise, it might be seen as saying there are a total of 3 link calls.
Thanks for the review. Pushed, with the revised sentence reading: > Fortunately, POSIX 2008 clarified that an application is free > to fail early if it can prove that continuing onwards cannot > succeed, so we are justified in trying link() before blindly > removing B, thus sometimes calling link() a second time during > a successful 'ln -f A B'. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqhfu4ACgkQ84KuGfSFAYDH/gCgsmTt+eEFsBTJh2vhDAHyHxdL QZ4AnjD3sCY4p9GCXHrhxmn/aUbDBb29 =Mf8Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
