Re: spamprobe-1.1x7 released

Ray wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 08:52:05AM -0500, Brian Burton wrote:
> 
>>Ray wrote:
>>>    rename() guarantees that if _to_ already exists, an instance
>>>    of _to_ will always exist, even if the system should crash in
>>>    the middle of the operation.
>>
>>Well, actually, it does use rename(2).  I was speaking generally.  It 
>>uses rename(), rename(), and unlink().
> 
> In that case, why not just rename() once?  Or if you really don't
> trust the operating system's guarantee, 

Trust noone. :-)


 > hard link the old file to
> a backup, rename() and overwrite the old file with the new one,
> then unlink the backup.  Both methods avoid having a missing file.

I'll consider that.

All the best,
++Brian



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