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To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libtermcap pathnames.h termcap.c 
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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 13:13:20 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
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Bill Fenner writes:
> I think a lot would be solved by having a library function like
> access() that also accepts a UID.

Won't work. There is a race condition between the moment you use
access() or anything like it and the moment you open the file. That's
why no one in their right mind uses access() any longer.

This has been done over and over... sigh...

Perry