On Thu, 15 May 1997 10:54:20 +0300 (EET DST), era eriksson
<reriksso(_at_)cc(_dot_)helsinki(_dot_)fi> said:
Well, you can test for the mere existence of the directory and see if
you have execute permission on it. It should mean the same thing, [...]
For practical purposes it will mean the same thing, but it's a bad habit
to get in to. The race condition inherent in test-then-use is probably
the second most common security culprit on today's Internet. It's a
habit that none of us can afford to have.
--
Roderick Schertler
roderick(_at_)argon(_dot_)org