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Subject:	Re: Curious behaviour of RENAME command
From:	"VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
Date:	Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:09:52 -0600
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Hi Glenn,

>         rename x,x/lock  fails (observing user is not file's creator)
> but     rename x,y       succeeds
>
> Even so, shouldn't the results be the same for both attempts
> (both or neither successful)?
>
> Or are the rules still different because POSIX has no concept
> of lockwords?

It appears that lockwords matter in our RENAME logic.  True they are
not a POSIX concept but the creator constraint has been removed for
all files in MPE or POSIX syntax.  I don't have a good answer for you.

Jeff

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