GNU bug report logs - #25342
ln: avoid race condition with "ln -f src dst"

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mtodorov3_69 <at> yahoo.com>, "25342 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <25342 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#25342: GNU coreutils: race condition in "ln -f source dest"
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 16:29:51 -0800

Mirsad Goran Todorovac wrote:
> Do you think our development team could write a paper on this issue? Then I could justify drawing a schematic diagram?Is it trivial or is there some justified reason to publish and explain in detail?

Sorry, I don't know what "development team" you're talking about. I don't see a 
need to write a paper about it, no. It's just code that needs to be written and 
tested, that's all.

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