Author: ian Date: Thu Jun 21 15:21:17 2018 New Revision: 335489 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/335489
Log: Add some words clarifying that rename(2) does nothing when the 'from' and 'to' args are the same file. Wording borrowed from POSIX.1-2017, but the freebsd code to implement this behavior was added in 2002 (r103180). Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 Thu Jun 21 15:11:14 2018 (r335488) +++ head/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 Thu Jun 21 15:21:17 2018 (r335489) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)rename.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 15, 2017 +.Dd June 21, 2018 .Dt RENAME 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ If the final component of is a symbolic link, the symbolic link is renamed, not the file or directory to which it points. +.Pp +If +.Fa from +and +.Fa to +resolve to the same directory entry, or to different directory +entries for the same existing file, +.Fn rename +returns success without taking any further action. .Pp The .Fn renameat _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
