Re: Why is chmod(2)?

Kristian Koehntopp (kris@koehntopp.de)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:35:35 +0200

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On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 02:41:20PM +0200, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> All the problems with side effects due to open and lack of permissions
> are avoided by that: O_NONE means "return me a cookie, don't do anything
> else".

O_NULL in my original message.

> I recommend coding a patch to find out if O_NONE is really as easy as it
> seems.

I will look into this.

Kristian

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