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		jefftk on May 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unix filesystems: How mv can be dangerous > Presuming that you wouldn't invoke mv nanoseconds before creating the symlink This kind of thinking has led to lots of security bugs around symlinks.

mh- on May 22, 2015 [–]

indeed, and not just symlinks.

being vigilant about not creating unnecessary race conditions is important. doubly so when you're building a tool upon which others will compose their own programs/scripts/etc.

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