Hallo Michael,
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:40:26AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On 4/19/20 8:48 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > **
> >
> > If newpath exists, this is already the reason for the failure?
> >
> > "If I<newpath> exists but the operation fails for some reason, B<rename>() "
> > "guarantees to leave an instance of I<newpath> in place."
>
> I do not understand this report. Please elaborate.
Trying to 2nd guess what the original translator, who unfortunately is
no longer active, might have thought:
If you want to rename but the new path already exists, how can there
be other reasons for failure at all?
If this still does not make sense, please close this report without
changes, of course.
Greetings
Helge
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