link(2) to rename files in sftp

[Darren Tucker]

Andreas wrote:
> Is there an alternative to using link(2) to rename files in sftp-server?

There's an open bug for this:
http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=823

According to the CVS log, the link shuffle is used to "fix races in 
rename/symlink" (revs 1.46 and 1.44).

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