>>Also, in POSIX you can stat() a file you don't have read
>>access to. In VSTa you cannot, because you would have to
>>FS_OPEN it first. This causes utilities like gls and vls to
>>bail out when there are private files that you don't own in
>> a directory. In VSTa the only thing you know about a file
>>you can't read is its name.
>This mostly seems like a feature to me, although it causes wrinkles like the
>one you noticed. Setting aside legacy behavior, why should somebody who
>isn't supposed to read your file be permitted to know when and how much you
>wrote it, and also when you read it?
I'd even vote for them not being able to determine the file name.
Directories might need a bit of thought, although I can't seen any
issue off the top of my head...
Marc Boschma
Received on Mon Nov 9 16:30:45 1998
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