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Re: Any way to allow clobbering empty files when noclobber is set?

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 4:58 AM Peter Stephenson
<p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Assuming both processes are actually doing clobbering opens (O_CREAT |
> O_EXCL), you can't get into that position.

Just to clarify:  O_CREAT|O_EXCL is actually the NO_clobber-ing open.
The clobbering open is just to open it for writing if allowed to. and
start scribbling over whatever is there.
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