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> The flag is called in-place for a reason. What's the reason? Surprisingly, the file is never edited in place.
by 1500100900 4y ago
> The flag is called in-place for a reason.
What's the reason? Surprisingly, the file is never edited in place.
- sgarland 4y agoOK, I'll give you that the underlying sycscalls are in fact creating a temporary file. But the abstract result to the user is an in-place edit.