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Section: 15.28 [filesys.ts::fs.op.remove] Status: NAD Submitter: CH-17 Opened: 2014-01-20 Last modified: 2016-08-10
Priority: Not Prioritized
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Discussion:
Addresses: filesys.ts
The specification can be read to require the existence test. As this introduces a race, the existence test must not happen.
Change to: "Effects: p is removed as if by POSIX remove()."
[2014-02-13 LWG/SG-3 Issaquah: Insufficient consensus for change. Vote for NAD: 9 0 0 2 1.]
Proposed resolution:
This wording is relative to SG3 working draft.
Change 15.28 [filesys.ts::fs.op.remove] as indicated:
Effects:
If exists(symlink_status(p,ec)), itp is removed as if by POSIX remove().