From 9b488eb89e353c3569ec0fe5076be8c2a5f47436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugo van der Sanden Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:47:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] improve 'atomicity' wording p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18045 --- lib/filetest.pm | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/filetest.pm b/lib/filetest.pm index 21252f3..7eb58a6 100644 --- a/lib/filetest.pm +++ b/lib/filetest.pm @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ B: using the file tests for security purposes is a lost cause from the start: there is a window open for race conditions (who is to say that the permissions will not change between the test and the real operation?). Therefore if you are serious about security, just try -the real operation and test for its success. Think atomicity. +the real operation and test for its success - think in terms of atomic +operations. =head2 subpragma access -- 2.7.4