On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> You don't *have* to, but it is sometimes nice *to be able to*. You can
> change files to directories with rename(), unless you're talking about
> changing already open file descriptors.
No, you can't. Peter, I hate telling you to RTFM, but... looks
like man 2 rename may contain a surprise for you. And yes, it's mandated
by all relevant standards and had been there all the way since 4.2. Sorry.
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