Corrections regarding rename()

Posted on 2025-03-24 in blog • Tagged with correction, rename, macOS, Alligatorcon, OBTS, slides, talks

While researching the filesystem training I came across a particularly bad example I have given in my talks and slides about how rename() works, and I felt it's prudent that I own up to this mistake and publish the correction.

TL;DR:

My provided example of rename("./a", "./b") is …


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