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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Radon Rosborough <radon.neon@gmail.com>,
	emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Rename, delete and move current buffer and file
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 11:33:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7eoacim7.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878t8q6434.fsf@linux-m68k.org> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Fri, 11 May 2018 09:31:27 +0200")

>> It's not atomic on any POSIX system, AFAIK: it first creates a second
>> name with `link` and then deletes the old name with `unlink`.
> That method has been obsolete for decades.  POSIX requires rename to be
> atomic.

Even when moving from one directory to another?


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-11 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-07 13:58 Rename, delete and move current buffer and file Jarosław Rzeszótko
2018-05-07 14:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-07 16:20   ` Jarosław Rzeszótko
2018-05-07 17:01     ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-07 17:47       ` Jarosław Rzeszótko
2018-05-08  1:28         ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-08  7:05           ` Jarosław Rzeszótko
2018-05-09 12:28             ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-09 18:12               ` Radon Rosborough
2018-05-09 22:44                 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-10 17:01                   ` Radon Rosborough
2018-05-10 21:49                     ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-11  7:31                       ` Andreas Schwab
2018-05-11 15:33                         ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2018-05-11 15:45                           ` Paul Eggert
2018-05-11 16:06                             ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2018-05-11 16:14                             ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-09 23:50               ` Van L
2018-05-10  5:37                 ` Jarosław Rzeszótko
2018-05-10 13:18                   ` Van L
2018-05-10  8:20               ` Amit Ramon
2018-05-10  8:59                 ` Phil Sainty
2018-05-10 16:04                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-05-07 18:20     ` Andreas Schwab
2018-05-08  1:28       ` Stefan Monnier
2018-05-07 15:28 ` Yuri Khan
2018-05-07 16:20   ` Jarosław Rzeszótko
2018-05-09 11:46   ` Tino Calancha
2018-05-07 15:29 ` Andreas Röhler
2018-05-07 15:38   ` Andreas Röhler
2018-05-10  0:46   ` net june
2018-05-11  6:26     ` Andreas Röhler
2018-05-11 16:10       ` net june

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