unlink
Relinking an anonymous (unlinked but open) file
A patch for a proposed Linux flink() system call was submitted several years ago, but when Linus stated “there is no way in HELL we can do this securely without major other incursions”, that pretty much ended the debate on whether to add this. Update: As of Linux 3.11, it is now possible to create … Read more
PHP unlink() handling the exception
NOTE: This probably won’t work any longer. See Brian’s comment If you want to only suppress the error, you can do this: @unlink(‘your_file_name’); Generally, in PHP, @ will suppress any error. The better way is minimize the error probability. You’ve say that one of error possibility is caused by non-exist file. If I were you, … Read more
PHP – Move a file into a different folder on the server
The rename function does this docs rename rename(‘image1.jpg’, ‘del/image1.jpg’); If you want to keep the existing file on the same place you should use copy docs copy copy(‘image1.jpg’, ‘del/image1.jpg’); If you want to move an uploaded file use the move_uploaded_file, although this is almost the same as rename this function also checks that the given … Read more
Unlink of file Failed. Should I try again?
This could mean that another program is using the file, which is preventing git from “moving” the file into or out of the working directory when you are attempting to change branches. I have had this happen on Windows Vista where eclipse is the program “using” the file. The file may not be actually open … Read more