Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!vsi!sullivan
From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: access(2) (was: Writing to A NON-Existing File in "C")
Message-ID: <598@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 88 00:54:36 GMT
References: <9654@jplgodo.UUCP> <14020033@hpisod2.HP.COM> <594@vsi.UUCP>
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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Summary: Oops!

In article <594@vsi.UUCP>, sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) writes:
> 
> file exists, it's just not the best/right way.  If you can't give an
> reason any better than "what's the harm" (and the stat people give good
> reasons not to) then just use access().
                                ^^^^^^


That should be stat().  I'm such a weenie sometimes.



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