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| author | steve <steve@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-12-13 23:35:01 +0000 |
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| committer | steve <steve@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-12-13 23:35:01 +0000 |
| commit | 032c3c226a30a7363fe41bffde964ae20ba2a2f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f21db9a683cda90f591f4e949764bf341c05bc8 /lib | |
| parent | 1c27a8c0e7c50c4ce710073289ce43202b07bd20 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-032c3c226a30a7363fe41bffde964ae20ba2a2f4.zip FreeBSD-src-032c3c226a30a7363fe41bffde964ae20ba2a2f4.tar.gz | |
Commit out caveat about hardlinks to directories since they are
no longer possible.
PR: 8337
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/rename.2 | 54 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 b/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 index d9e1b83..9c51026 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/rename.2 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)rename.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: rename.2,v 1.6 1997/02/22 15:04:16 peter Exp $ .\" .Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt RENAME 2 @@ -69,32 +69,32 @@ If the final component of is a symbolic link, the symbolic link is renamed, not the file or directory to which it points. -.Sh CAVEAT -The system can deadlock if a loop in the file system graph is present. -This loop takes the form of an entry in directory -.Ql Pa a , -say -.Ql Pa a/foo , -being a hard link to directory -.Ql Pa b , -and an entry in -directory -.Ql Pa b , -say -.Ql Pa b/bar , -being a hard link -to directory -.Ql Pa a . -When such a loop exists and two separate processes attempt to -perform -.Ql rename a/foo b/bar -and -.Ql rename b/bar a/foo , -respectively, -the system may deadlock attempting to lock -both directories for modification. -Hard links to directories should be -replaced by symbolic links by the system administrator. +.\".Sh CAVEAT +.\"The system can deadlock if a loop in the file system graph is present. +.\"This loop takes the form of an entry in directory +.\".Ql Pa a , +.\"say +.\".Ql Pa a/foo , +.\"being a hard link to directory +.\".Ql Pa b , +.\"and an entry in +.\"directory +.\".Ql Pa b , +.\"say +.\".Ql Pa b/bar , +.\"being a hard link +.\"to directory +.\".Ql Pa a . +.\"When such a loop exists and two separate processes attempt to +.\"perform +.\".Ql rename a/foo b/bar +.\"and +.\".Ql rename b/bar a/foo , +.\"respectively, +.\"the system may deadlock attempting to lock +.\"both directories for modification. +.\"Hard links to directories should be +.\"replaced by symbolic links by the system administrator. .Sh RETURN VALUES A 0 value is returned if the operation succeeds, otherwise .Fn rename |
