--- Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lennart Augustsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Diego Yanivello wrote: > > > > > > > hi, is there (in Haskell) a function like > existFile :: FilePath -> > > > > IO (Bool) ? Thanks! > > > > Using such a function is generally a bad idea > because of race conditions. > > however, real world programs use those tests since > you don't need to care > *everytime* about race conditions. (of course using > this existFile before > creating a temporary file is wrong, but existFile > has *many* other > applications)
Could someone post an example of the creation of a temporary file where race conditions are important? Thanks, David J. Sankel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
