rename() cannot replace the file which is opened with writable access
Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)
Kenneth.Nellis@conduent.com
Thu Jan 12 15:30:00 GMT 2017
From: Masamichi Hosoda
> If I understand correctly,
> POSIX behavior should be able to replace the writable opened file by
> rename().
> But, It does not work on my Cygwin environment.
>
> Is it no problem if Cygwin's behavior is different from POSIX behavior?
> If so, we need different application handling for Cygwin and POSIX.
I thought it would be informative to respond by referring the OP
to a section of the Cygwin User's Guide or FAQ that mentioned the
limitations of Cygwin, but I could not find it.
--Ken Nellis
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