Re: [PATCH] switch stat and fopen

[Mike McCormack]

Marcus Meissner wrote:
> - if (!(fin = fopen(input_file_name, "r"))) return 0;
> if (stat(input_file_name, &st) < 0) return 0;
> - if (!(fin = fopen(input_file_name, "r"))) return 0;

Wouldn't it be better to use fstat here to avoid a race condition?

Mike

[PATCH] switch stat and fopen

[Marcus Meissner]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 05:28:52PM +0900, Mike McCormack wrote:
> Marcus Meissner wrote:
> > - if (!(fin = fopen(input_file_name, "r"))) return 0;
> > if (stat(input_file_name, &st) < 0) return 0;
> > - if (!(fin = fopen(input_file_name, "r"))) return 0;
>
> Wouldn't it be better to use fstat here to avoid a race condition?

Done.

Ciao, Marcus