[patch] KFax

[Guillaume Laurent]

On Monday 18 November 2002 10:24, Per Winkvist wrote:
> On November 18, 2002 10:15, Ryan Comming wrote:
> > On November 18, 2002 01:06, Per Winkvist wrote:
> > >         hTiff = TIFFOpen( file, "r" );
> > >         unlink( file );
> > >         do things with hTiff
> >
> > And what's the problem with this, exactly?
>
> Why would you want to remove the file before you close its handle?

Guess : So the file is automagically deleted when the program which has opened 
it terminates, even if it crashes (the OS ensures it will be deleted). This 
is a classic way of avoiding stray temp files.

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				Guillaume
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