Hi Gary,
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 10:24 +0100, Gary Benson wrote:
I just noticed that File.canWrite() actually writes things in order to
check whether they are writable. This seems really wrong to me: just
checking something should not modify the filesystem! Does anyone mind
if I replace this?
Hi all,
I just noticed that File.canWrite() actually writes things in order to
check whether they are writable. This seems really wrong to me: just
checking something should not modify the filesystem! Does anyone mind
if I replace this?
Cheers,
Gary
Gary Benson writes:
Hi all,
I just noticed that File.canWrite() actually writes things in order to
check whether they are writable. This seems really wrong to me: just
checking something should not modify the filesystem! Does anyone mind
if I replace this?
I agree with you. We
Andrew Haley wrote:
Gary Benson writes:
I just noticed that File.canWrite() actually writes things in
order to check whether they are writable. This seems really wrong
to me: just checking something should not modify the filesystem!
Does anyone mind if I replace this?
I agree with
Gary Benson writes:
That particular bit doesn't write any bytes, but it modifies the
file's timestamp.
Ah, OK. Nasty.
Andrew.
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