On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 05:57:12PM -0400, rick@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca wrote:
> The problem with the change you suggest is that a lot of programs don't
> expect open()s with O_EXCL to always fail (which is what will happen
> after the change you suggest for servers that don't support the option).

It seems to me that it's a lot better than the alternative, having the open
"succeed" but not be exclusive!  After all, you don't ask for O_EXCL if you
don't care whether the operation's exclusive or not.

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Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com
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