cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_syscalls.c

Simon 'corecode' Schubert corecode at fs.ei.tum.de
Mon Aug 15 03:19:32 PDT 2005


On 15.08.2005, at 12:10, Xin LI wrote:
  But, in fact, the case CAN happen if you rename a file to another 
that
  happens to be a hardlink to the first.  The rename operations 
appears to
The FreeBSD behavior was intentional.  I think this change violates
POSIX, which states:
"If the old argument and the new argument resolve to the same existing
file, rename() shall return successfully and perform no other action."
I think they mean "file name", not "physical data" (= inode). Like
	mv /usr/src/sys/sys/../Makefile.inc /sys/Makefile.inc
which resolves to the same file (through a .. and a symlink)

cheers
  simon
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