Re: "while :; do mkdir;cd mkdir;done" [2.1.71] fix

Andrea Arcangeli (arcangeli@mbox.queen.it)
Tue, 9 Dec 1997 21:00:54 +0100 (CET)


On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, James Mastros wrote:

>Didn't do the patch. My partner told me _not_ to try the

Try the patch and you will be able to create the directory tree safe and
to delete it after with rm -r... The patch slowdown a bit the mkdir
syscall but make it safe. If I will get time I will try to _find_ a best
way (if there could be one) to do it.

Andrea[s] Arcangeli