Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:02:08 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@monzoon.net> Cc: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>, Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com>, Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: soft updates and qmail (RE: qmail IO problems) Message-ID: <20010207110208.G74296@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <3A805938.96ED890D@monzoon.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102061555550.1535-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva> <3A805035.C71AAD5E@monzoon.net> <200102061943.f16Jhp365113@earth.backplane.com> <3A805938.96ED890D@monzoon.net>
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Andre Oppermann <oppermann@monzoon.net> wrote: > >Qmail has a couple of directories for the different states a queued >message goes through. The whole queue structure is required to be on >the same partition/disk. After the completing of each step in the queue >it is moved through the use of link() and then unlink() to the next >directory. Why not just use rename(2)? To protect against the new filename already existing? Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 DECREASING 4, BECOMING CYCLONIC LATER. RAIN LATER. GOOD, BECOMING MODERATE OCCASIONALLY POOR LATER. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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