Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:23:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Bodo Rueskamp <br@smilla.rueskamp.com> To: fare@tunes.org (Francois-Rene Rideau) Cc: mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA (der Mouse), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Hackers), tech-kern@netbsd.org (NetBSD Kernel), tech@openbsd.org (OpenBSD Kernel), linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu (Linux Kernel) Subject: Re: Improving the Unix API Message-ID: <199906280723.JAA23765@smilla.rueskamp.com> In-Reply-To: <19990628010446.A5377@ZhengHe.augustin.thierry> from Francois-Rene Rideau at "Jun 28, 1999 01:04:47 am"
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> >> flink (make a new directory link for file given by descriptor), > flink() combined with the ability to create an unlinked file > in a given filesystem would allow for safe temporaries > without race conditions, that could be "published" when ready. The System V people (Solaris, Unixware) call this fattach(). ; Bodo -- Bodo Rüskamp, br@rueskamp.com, 51°55' N 7°41' E (1) Elvis is alive. (2) Dinosaurs too. <http://www.lochness.scotland.net/camera.htm>; (3) The next millenium starts on January 1st 2000. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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