Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:56:33 -0800 (PST) From: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> To: <nate@yogotech.com>, Drew Eckhardt <drew@PoohSticks.ORG> Cc: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is mkdir guaranteed to be 'atomic' ?? Message-ID: <200102262156.NAA39209@akira.lanfear.com>
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> From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
> > >Are there filesystem type cases where this might not be the case
> > >(NFS being my main concern ....)
> >
> > No.
>
> Yes. NFS doesn't guarantee atomicity, because it can't. If the
mkdir
> call returns, you have no guarantee that the remote directory has
been
> created (caching, errors, etc...)
I can handle it if there is a case where both fail, but is there a
case where both can SUCCEED ??
marc.
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