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Re: New rename(2) function


Quoting Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>:

Reparse
points are more like symbolic links - that is, if you have directory a,
and reparse point b pointing to a, what happens if you rename a to c -
does b now contain the contents in c, or is b now dangling?

Accessing the junction (what you called "reparse point") when the parent directory is renamed gives "No such file or directory". If the parent directory returns the junction is happy and displays the directory data.


Earnie


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