Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 06:40:36 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@ALCATEL.COM.AU> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file creation times ? Message-ID: <00May26.064037est.115206@border.alcanet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <34805.959279842@verdi.nethelp.no>; from sthaug@nethelp.no on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 04:37:48AM %2B1000 References: <200005251720.SAA03455@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <34805.959279842@verdi.nethelp.no>
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On 2000-May-26 04:37:48 +1000, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: >> Such editors are broken. What if the file is a symlink ? IMHO >> open() write() write() write() ftruncate() close() is the only way. > >If that is the only way, then emacs is of course broken. (And I >disagree - I use emacs every day...) The behaviour in emacs is (of course) customisable. Check out 'info emacs Backup Copying'. You can pick whether the backup is the physical original, or a copy of it. (Emacs also understands symlinks, hardlinks and differences in ownership). Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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