renaming open files

[Earnie Boyd]

--- Robert Collins <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
> To: <ajp@eutechnyx.com>; <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:06 AM
> Subject: Re: renaming open files
> 
> 
> > --- Andrew Perella <ajp@eutechnyx.com> wrote:
> > > Is there a version of cygwin that allows renaming of open files?
> >
> > Impossible.  It is a limitation of the filesystem.
> >
> 
> theoretical question: would a file system filter be able to achieve this (on
> for files open via programs linked to cygwin1.dll)
> 

Possibly, but to make it work effectively you would also need to add
journaling.  Which could be quite handy.  BTW some instances of unlink already
queue for delete upon file close, IIRC.

Cheers,

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