linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] Generic syscalls -- chmod vs. fchmodat

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Message-ID: <m34o8bq6k4.fsf@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:11:39 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com>
To:	Andries Brouwer <aebr@....tue.nl>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linasvepstas@...il.com, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	GLIBC Devel <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, libc-ports@...rceware.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Generic syscalls -- chmod vs. fchmodat

Andries Brouwer <aebr@....tue.nl> writes:

> and 'ls /tmp/""' the same as 'ls /tmp/.'.

/tmp/"" is not an empty file name, and it is indistinguishable from /tmp/ .

Andreas.

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