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Re:Dotfile madness by notyourday on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:38AM (#19077704)
In this case you know that you renamed a wrong file. In the close before rename you do not know that you have renamed a wrong file.
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Re:Dotfile madness by JdeBP on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:16AM (#19084304)
Knowing that something bad happened after the fact is not the same as your idea that there's a guarantee that something bad will not happen.
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