Subject: Re: Permissions on directories.
To: SAVE MY WALRUS <greywolf@starwolf.starwolf.com>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/21/1998 07:32:34 
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, SAVE MY WALRUS wrote:

: Because if you own the directory, you can always delete the files.
: If someone owns a subdirectory, you cannot delete it.
: 
: Of course, policy dictates "Don't do that, then!".  I've always wanted
: something more integrated into the system.

The unfortunate climax is that mkdtemp() is now in the system.  :-/

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