From: Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com>
Subject: Re: if file exist
Date: 28 Sep 2002 21:50:04 -0700
Date: 2002-09-28T21:50:04-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yecheg9762r.fsf@king.cts.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: an49ek$eva$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net
"Marin David Condic" <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org> writes:
> Q: Are you a spy?
>
> A: I'm not allowed to say...
>
> Maybe its better to think about it from the OS level - provide something in
> an OS interface package that says "We'll return whatever information the OS
> will give us about the file and it is OS dependent as to what the result
> is..." That way whatever security the OS wants to provide is respected.
I don't think we are (or should be) debating whether to respect the
security provided by the OS. Violating OS security isn't just a bad
idea, it's just plain impossible (barring OS bugs, of course).
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://www.sdsc.edu/~kst>
Schroedinger does Shakespeare: "To be *and* not to be"
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2002-09-22 9:58 ` if file exist Preben Randhol
2002-09-22 19:25 ` Keith Thompson
2002-09-22 11:26 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-09-22 14:45 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-22 17:24 ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-09-22 19:24 ` Keith Thompson
2002-09-22 22:20 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-09-23 5:14 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-23 12:38 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-09-26 0:39 ` Nick Roberts
2002-09-26 16:48 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2002-09-26 22:14 ` Robert A Duff
2002-09-27 10:47 ` steve_H
2002-09-27 14:01 ` Robert A Duff
2002-09-27 18:43 ` Randy Brukardt
2002-09-28 1:17 ` Keith Thompson
2002-09-28 13:04 ` Marin David Condic
2002-09-29 4:50 ` Keith Thompson [this message]
2002-09-29 5:13 ` Christopher Browne
2002-09-27 21:59 ` Mark Biggar
2002-09-27 23:09 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-10-04 20:56 ` Stefan Skoglund
2002-10-05 13:59 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-06 20:35 ` Keith Thompson
2002-10-07 0:34 ` Robert A Duff
2002-10-07 5:42 ` David Thompson
2002-10-13 17:05 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-10-21 2:17 ` David Thompson
2002-09-22 11:55 ` Per Sandbergs
2002-09-22 22:29 ` SteveD
2002-09-23 1:53 ` if_file_exist : it's working thankyou all! Dominic D'Apice
2002-09-23 5:25 ` Simon Wright
2002-09-23 23:59 ` Dominic D'Apice
2002-09-25 19:13 ` Simon Wright
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