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Re: inode open




On Jul 16, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Matt Thomas wrote:

Besides the fhopen(2) previously mentioned, this isn't available because it would break the security used by unix.


Other Unix-like platforms (Mac OS X) can do this without breaking the Unix security model. We should be able to, too.

Of course, a good starting point for Adam is -- "What do you need this for?"

-- thorpej



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