From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rename, delete and move current buffer and file Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:05 -0400 Message-ID: References: <878t8q6434.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <069aa767-6d25-c281-6edd-bd45a522ae30@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1526055142 16963 195.159.176.226 (11 May 2018 16:12:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 16:12:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Radon Rosborough , Andreas Schwab , emacs-devel To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 11 18:12:18 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fHAeX-0004Js-8E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 May 2018 18:12:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54502 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHAge-0003ZU-DR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58973) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHAgV-0003Y1-89 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHAgR-0005lX-VN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:19 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:34319) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHAgR-0005lD-Qk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:15 -0400 Original-Received: from lechazo.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w4BGE5Y5024359; Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: by lechazo.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8CD876097C; Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:05 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <069aa767-6d25-c281-6edd-bd45a522ae30@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 11 May 2018 08:45:28 -0700") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6284=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6284> : inlines <6629> : streams <1786590> : uri <2640412> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:225243 Archived-At: >>> That method has been obsolete for decades. POSIX requires rename to be >>> atomic. >> Even when moving from one directory to another? > Yes, that requirement has been in POSIX ever since POSIX was introduced; > I just now checked my printed copy of IEEE Std 1003.1-1988. Cool! I had no idea. Thank, Stefan