On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 11:53:52PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Frank Lichtenheld: > > > I mean, after closing fd _and_ unlinking the temporary file it is > > completly gone and the race is open again, isn't it? Wouldn't be > > the right fix to return the fd from the function and not bother > > about the filename at all? > > In the interest of a minimal change, it might make more sense to > simply leave the file around, so that it is subsequently opened again?
True, but that would mean not to unlink it, wouldn't it? > Passing around a descriptor seems to require quite a few changes, > more than just the immediate caller. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
