Dmitry Timoshkov wrote:
"Steven Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+int sys_mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_MKDIR_MODE
+ return mkdir(path, mode);
+#else
+ return mkdir(path);
+#endif
+}
Wouldn't it be better to emulate
mkdir(path, mode);
with
mkdir(path);
chmod(path, mode);
No, that's introducing a race between the directory creation and the
mode setting. Also, the first form takes umask into consideration, which
the second doesn't.
Shachar
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