Re: [RFC] "Text file busy" when overwriting libraries

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Sun Oct 14 2001 - 20:44:58 EST

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> We already can open an exec only file just open("file", 0).

Wrong.

> In fact it looks like you can open a file with no permissions at all.
> You just can't do anything with it.

This isnt true. Read the code.

Alan
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