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If the shell is unaware that the file is append only, does it result in appending not just the commands run from this session but undesirably also ends up appen
by codetrotter 3y ago
If the shell is unaware that the file is append only, does it result in appending not just the commands run from this session but undesirably also ends up appending a full copy of a lot of the previous history?
- blueflow 3y agoI guess it means that the open() syscall will require the O_APPEND flag. If the file is opened without that flag it will error out.