Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

I assume that is intended as a security feature to prevent TOCTTOU bugs, especially when a process does not use the *at family of syscalls.

I.e. a malicious process can't swap directories under your nose.




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: