From:             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux
PHP version:      4.1.2
PHP Bug Type:     Feature/Change Request
Bug description:  No way to get O_EXCL

I can't find a way to have a script create a file in a directory to be
served by Apache without exposing itself to race conditions. I can't use
tempnam because that doesn't give me control over the file extension. I
can't use file_exits because that will race. I can't use fopen because I
can't use O_EXCL|O_CREAT.

I can work around this by creating subdirectories, because mkdir fails if
the directory already exists. But putting one file per directory is hardly
ideal.

Having a way to use O_EXCL|O_CREAT --- that is, open a file for writing,
creating it, and failing if it already exists all atomicly --- would be a
big help.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16367&edit=1
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Fixed in CVS:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=needtrace
Try newer version:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=support
Expected behavior:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=notwrong
Not enough info:     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16367&r=submittedtwice

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