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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: RMS v/s UNIX (non-religious)
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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 14:29:55 EST
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> As a miniumum, by default if one process has a file open with write 
> permission no other process should be able to read or write that file.

Of course, this means that (for example) you can't read a log file as
it is being produced to watch what's happening.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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