Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demar...@profusion.mobi> writes:

> The renaming there is probably a hack so code paths that calls stat()
> to check if the file exists. If you know it exists, you could rename
> it to "/" for example or any path in <put-here-your-choice-of-OS> that
> is guaranteed to exist in the meantime. Reading
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2007-November/022227.html
> it looks like you have an equivalent in FreeBSD in /dev/fd/.

While that would work in theory, it also requires one to have an fdescfs
mounted and still isn't very portable.

The renaming is indeed a hack -- what I wonder is if it is worth
keeping.


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