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Title:	FIO05-C. Identify files using multiple file attributes
Author:	Robert Seacord	Oct 31, 2006
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	May 20, 2025
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Android (1)     Page: Unknown Applicability (C Rules/Recomendations)

SEI CERT C Coding Standard (2)     Page: POS35-C. Avoid race conditions while checking for the existence of a symbolic link     Page: POS01-C. Check for the existence of links when dealing with files

Parent Page     Page: Rec. 09. Input Output (FIO)

• rose-false-positive
• compass/rose
• fio
• android-unknown
• opening-files
• os-specific
• race-condition
• posix
• recommendation

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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2)     Home page: SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard     Page: VOID FIO05-CPP. Identify files using multiple file attributes

SEI CERT C Coding Standard (11)     Page: FIO01-C. Be careful using functions that use file names for identification     Page: AA. Bibliography     Page: FIO39-C. Do not alternately input and output from a stream without an intervening flush or positioning call     Page: LDRA     Page: FIO15-C. Ensure that file operations are performed in a secure directory     Page: BB. Definitions     Page: void FIO07-C. Prefer fseek() to rewind()     Page: LDRA_V     Home page: SEI CERT C Coding Standard     Page: Rose     Page: FIO32-C. Do not perform operations on devices that are only appropriate for files