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[-] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Don’t Trust a Path Across Two Syscalls

Wasn't this a common knowledge among application developers? File system is volatile, and can change any time, do not assume persistence of it. I heard about the principle from ghcup developer a few years ago.

this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2026
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