Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: to /path/name Message-ID: <6677@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-May-87 21:44:38 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.6677 Posted: Wed May 13 21:44:38 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 07:15:47 EDT References: <3164@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <2382@ncoast.UUCP> <1752@dg_rtp.UUCP> <1009@hropus.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 18 [Adding to the noise...] In some article ...@mimsy.UUCP (and why is not it in the References line?) I wrote >>`Find *a* name of the file.' That can be done iff the file has at >>least one name. In article <1009@hropus.UUCP> jgy@hropus.UUCP (John Young) writes: >Try finding the name if it was unlinked(rm'd) after opening! Indeed: that was the whole point of the conditional: It can be done if and only if (`iff') the file has at least one name. If there were an `flink' system call (analagous to 4.2's fchown and fchmod), one could simply give the file a name, then print it. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris