Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:59:14 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: 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: <200102262159.f1QLxES01872@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:47:50 MST." <200102262147.f1QLlon10675@chopper.Poohsticks.ORG>
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> In message <200102262058.MAA39009@akira.lanfear.com>, mwlist@lanfear.com writes
> :
> > is mkdir(3) guaranteed to be atomic?
>
> Yes.
Um. mkdir(2) is atomic. Note that mkdir(1) with the -p argument is
*not* atomic.
> >Are there filesystem type cases where this might not be the case
> >(NFS being my main concern ....)
>
> No.
How would it *not* be atomic?
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