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To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>
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From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907111408060.25135-100000@janus.syracuse.net> "Brian F. Feldman" writes:
: Good idea. I'll have it check to see that it's a regular file.

Make sure that you do this with the stat, open, fstat interlocking so
that there isn't a race here.

Warner


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