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Subject: Re: Is mkdir guaranteed to be 'atomic' ?? 
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In message <200102262058.MAA39009@akira.lanfear.com>, mwlist@lanfear.com writes
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>    is mkdir(3) guaranteed to be atomic?  

Yes.

>Are there filesystem type cases where this might not be the case 
>(NFS being my main concern ....)

No.


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