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From: "Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)" <Kenneth.Nellis@conduent.com>
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: rename() cannot replace the file which is opened with writable access
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:30:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0D835E9B9CD07F40A48423F80D3B5A704BBD9592@USA7109MB022.na.xerox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170112.234135.194683198576068158.trueroad@trueroad.jp>

From: Masamichi Hosoda
> If I understand correctly,
> POSIX behavior should be able to replace the writable opened file by
> rename().
> But, It does not work on my Cygwin environment.
> 
> Is it no problem if Cygwin's behavior is different from POSIX behavior?
> If so, we need different application handling for Cygwin and POSIX.

I thought it would be informative to respond by referring the OP
to a section of the Cygwin User's Guide or FAQ that mentioned the
limitations of Cygwin, but I could not find it.

--Ken Nellis

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  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-12 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-12  0:07 Masamichi Hosoda
2017-01-12  5:50 ` Andrey Repin
2017-01-12 14:41   ` Masamichi Hosoda
2017-01-12 15:30     ` Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent) [this message]
2017-01-12 15:36       ` Corinna Vinschen
2017-01-12 16:38         ` cyg Simple
2017-01-12 19:06 ` L. A. Walsh
2017-01-12 21:49 ` Corinna Vinschen
2017-01-14  4:00   ` Masamichi Hosoda
2017-01-14 15:38     ` Corinna Vinschen

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