From: Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Best way to check file modification time?
Date: 19 Nov 2015 14:10:02 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <db63hqFfackU2@mid.individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: barmar-CEB71D.11043517112015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu
Barry Margolin wrote:
> Instead of saving the file's modification time, remember the time that
> you started reading the file. Then when you're about to save it, see if
> the mod time is newer than that.
Ok, that sounds like a good suggestion. Thanks.
> This can potentially run into a problem if the file is on a server and
> there's clock skew between the client and server, but that's a common
> problem.
Yeah, I already figured it would not be possible to exclude the risk
completely. Such is life.
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-17 11:09 Best way to check file modification time? Joost Kremers
2015-11-17 16:04 ` Barry Margolin
2015-11-17 17:12 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.78.1447780399.31583.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-11-19 14:07 ` Joost Kremers
2015-11-20 14:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-11-19 14:10 ` Joost Kremers [this message]
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