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Re: swap files

Tor Lillqvist
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:00:50 -0700

Marc Lehmann writes:
 > a) unlink might not succeed on non-unix-systems. cure: ignore the error from
 >    unlink and try to unlink it again after closing the file

At least on Win32, and probably on OS/2, too, it is possible to open a
file so that it will be automatically deleted after closing. The GIMP
already does that on Win32.

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