Re: [PATCH] open: O_DIRECTORY and O_CREAT together should fail

On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 07:52:06AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Well yes.  But I don't think anybody is using it, and if so they are
> clearly breaking the rules in man open(2):

Be liberal in what you accept and all such...  Everything else aside,
why bother?  This check doesn't buy you anything.
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