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Title: FIO45-C. Avoid TOCTOU race conditions while accessing files  
Author: David Svoboda Dec 03, 2013
Last Changed by: David Svoboda May 05, 2025
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    Page: POS35-C. Avoid race conditions while checking for the existence of a symbolic link
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    Page: FIO08-C. Take care when calling remove() on an open file
    Page: FIO32-C. Do not perform operations on devices that are only appropriate for files
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Aug 04, 2023 14:04 David Svoboda  
excess fclose() call
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