Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 03:47:10 -0000 From: Nielsen <nielsen@memberwebs.com> To: Christopher Vance <vance@aurema.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: non-root process and PID files Message-ID: <20031031034719.1CE445A3C88@mail.npubs.com> Resent-Message-ID: <none> References: <3F9CF3F6.8307.ABC1250@localhost> <20031030003153.GC16553@aurema.com>
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Christopher Vance wrote: > May I suggest a different feature: the ability to mark an open file > (not just its fd) 'remove on close', with permission checked at mark > time rather than close time (this status forgotten if not permitted > when set) and the unlink actually done at close time only if the file > has exactly one link and one open file instance at that time. WinNT (2K etc...) has this capability. Not saying that this makes it a good idea though. Nate
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