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Re: case sensitive file test

From druck <news@druck.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject Re: case sensitive file test
Date 2020-06-05 11:27 +0100
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On 05/06/2020 00:18, jgh@mdfs.net wrote:
> On Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:49:57 UTC+1, druck  wrote:
>>> For example: size%=EXT#inputfile then use size% instead of EXT#
>>
>> Sorry, that's bad advice, a program should always assume filing system
>> data may be altered by other processes.
> 
> If it's open for input, other processes *can't* alter it.
> Read By Many, Write By One.

It's down to the implementation of the filing system to whether that is 
true. Local filing systems will tend to lock on write, remote ones will 
tend not to. It's a bit of a mine field!

---druck

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  Re: case sensitive file test Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2020-05-26 14:21 +0100
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        Re: case sensitive file test Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-05-27 13:14 +0100
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            Re: case sensitive file test Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2020-05-28 14:16 +0100
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          Re: case sensitive file test Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2020-05-26 18:06 +0100
        Re: case sensitive file test "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2020-05-26 18:00 +0100
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    Re: case sensitive file test Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2020-06-01 15:53 +0100
    Re: case sensitive file test druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2020-06-01 20:57 +0100
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      Re: case sensitive file test druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2020-06-04 20:49 +0100
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