Re: [OT] rename(2) -- renaming file to itself produces no error.

I guess you have two choices here:

1) rewrite the rename function.
2) check to see if the file exist before you rename it.

As to why it does NOT report an error ... I guess who ever wrote the rename function did NOT feel like this is an error.

Plankton: 1% Evil, 99% Hot Gas.

NOTs added after dmitri pointed out my mistake. Kinda of ironic ain't it. :/

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Re: Re: [OT] rename(2) -- renaming file to itself produces no error. by dmitri (Priest) on Jan 07, 2004 at 23:22 UTC
You mean, `s/does/does not/ && s/did/did not/`, right?	[reply]