Re: utimes() with vfat is problematic

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Tue Jul 10 2007 - 12:38:45 EST



On Jul 10 2007 12:18, Pawel Dziepak wrote:
>
> Single UNIX Specification says crealy that to do utimes on a file user
> have to had write permissions or be a file owner.

Linux does check for write permission, but _only_ for time=NULL.
Hence it would be helpful if someone knows the exact SUS text,
or whether this is not explicitly specified in SUS, leaving room
for interpretation.



Jan
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