Make a unique filesystem path, without creating the file
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Mon Feb 22 13:11:44 EST 2016
On 02/14/2016 04:08 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> I am unconcerned with whether there is a real filesystem entry of that
> name; the goal entails having no filesystem activity for this. I want a
> valid unique filesystem path, without touching the filesystem.
This is impossible. If you don't touch the file system you have no way
to know if the path is unique.
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~Ethan~
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