29.05.2011 20:08, Michael Tokarev ÐÐÑÐÑ: > Hello. > > Just noticed that at least on ext4, unlinking a > non-existing file from a read-only filesystem > results in EROFS instead of ENOENT. I'd expect > it return ENOENT - it is more logical, at least > in my opinion. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/unlink.html this case is quite clear: [EROFS] The directory entry to be unlinked is part of a read-only file system Ie, the entry is a _part_ of a file system, so it should be _existing_ entry to start with. > For one, (readonly) NFS mount returns ENOENT in > this case. > > Thanks! /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html