From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 28 0:24:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from saturn.ms.tlk.com (saturn.ms.tlk.com [194.97.68.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F836153B8 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 00:24:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from br@smilla.rueskamp.com) Received: from mars.ms.tlk.com (mars.ms.tlk.com [194.97.68.1]) by saturn.ms.tlk.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DF304ECF7; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:24:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smilla.rueskamp.com(really [194.97.69.109]) by mars.ms.tlk.com via sendmail with esmtp id for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:24:09 +0200 (CEST)) Received: (from br@localhost) by smilla.rueskamp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA23765; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:23:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from br) From: Bodo Rueskamp Message-Id: <199906280723.JAA23765@smilla.rueskamp.com> Subject: Re: Improving the Unix API In-Reply-To: <19990628010446.A5377@ZhengHe.augustin.thierry> from Francois-Rene Rideau at "Jun 28, 1999 01:04:47 am" To: fare@tunes.org (Francois-Rene Rideau) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:23:13 +0200 (CEST) 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) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> 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. (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