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os: add some comments and remove an unused variable in rename func

This slightly clarifies the just-submitted CL 40577.

Updates #19647

Change-Id: I5584ad0e1abbc31796e3e5752351857f2a13d6d7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/43625
Run-TryBot: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
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Brad Fitzpatrick 2017-05-18 22:50:35 +00:00
parent 2ad41a3090
commit ca598e3cd4

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@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ func fixLongPath(path string) string {
func rename(oldname, newname string) error {
fi, err := Lstat(newname)
if err == nil && fi.IsDir() {
// if we cannot stat oldname we should
// return that error in favor of EEXIST
fi, err = Lstat(oldname)
if err != nil {
if pErr, ok := err.(*PathError); ok {
err = pErr.Err
// There are two independent errors this function can return:
// one for a bad oldname, and one for a bad newname.
// At this point we've determined the newname is bad.
// But just in case oldname is also bad, prioritize returning
// the oldname error because that's what we did historically.
if _, err := Lstat(oldname); err != nil {
if pe, ok := err.(*PathError); ok {
err = pe.Err
}
return &LinkError{"rename", oldname, newname, err}
}