Re: replace from msql2mysql and filedates

Sergei Golubchik <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi!

On Aug 02, Florian Rittmeier wrote:
> Hi!
> I was using the tool 'replace', which is shipped with msql2mysql, to
> replace some words in a group of files.
> 
> It was embarrassing to see, that 'replace' does not only replace the
> contents of the files.
> It first unlinks the files and then recreates them.

No, it first creates a temporary file, and after replacing is done,
moves it over target file (deleting old one if exists).
 
> Through this, the filecreationtime is set to the current time/date.
> IMHO 'replace' should only rewrite the file, without unlinking it
> first.

It's a feature - the way it's done now old "target file" will be
untouched if something will go wrong, that is it can never have a
partially replaced contents.

Regards,
Sergei

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