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This is why my directories with shell scripts have a "make install" target. For execution they are copied to a place where they are unlinked before written new.
by cracauer 6y ago
This is why my directories with shell scripts have a "make install" target. For execution they are copied to a place where they are unlinked before written new.
- JdeBP 6y agoAs M. Ahern points out at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23098813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23098813 , that's only part of the job. Assuming that you actually use rename() to do the unlinking and atomic updating, the "make install" should also ensure that write permission is removed from the new files. * https://github.com/jdebp/nosh/blob/79b1c0aab9834a09a59e15d47710f355c5c0417a/package/makeinstall#L30 https://github.com/jdebp/nosh/blob/79b1c0aab9834a09a59e15d47...