>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com> writes:

Richard> So combine this with Dave's idea of a chdir.  Then all that
Richard> unlink needs to be passed is the file in the current
Richard> directory (rather than the path).  If the stat isn't done
Richard> until after the chdir then nothing that is unsafe can be
Richard> changed between the stat and the unlink -- I am correct in
Richard> thinking that unlink doesn't need an absolute pathname aren't
Richard> I (it works on slowlaris), or does unlink add the current
Richard> directory before passing it into the kernel?

Hmm; I think that would work, assuming that we can be sure that the
chdir() is safe.  And no, unlink doesn't change its pathname to a
fully-qualified one, as far as I can tell.

Chris

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