Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753265AbYC2M54 (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:57:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751249AbYC2M5t (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:57:49 -0400 Received: from eth7959.sa.adsl.internode.on.net ([150.101.82.22]:35060 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751050AbYC2M5t (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:57:49 -0400 Message-ID: <47EE3CCD.7040501@davidnewall.com> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:27:49 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ketil Froyn CC: "" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: unexpected rename() behaviour References: <47ED8858.9000401@froyn.name> <20080329011656.7c38265a@werewolf> <47EE2072.7000504@froyn.name> In-Reply-To: <47EE2072.7000504@froyn.name> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 566 Lines: 12 Ketil Froyn wrote: > Is this a corner case undefined by POSIX, for instance, or does POSIX > explicitly say that this is the correct behaviour? The answers to these questions are no and yes. See "System Interfaces" in "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6." Perhaps you could have discovered this for yourself? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/