POSIX v. reality: A position on O_PONIES

Posted Sep 9, 2009 20:20 UTC (Wed) by job (guest, #670)
In reply to: POSIX v. reality: A position on O_PONIES by alexl
Parent article: POSIX v. reality: A position on O_PONIES

My though exactly. A rename is first and foremost something that guarantees atomicity, not file system consistency. The latter is a (welcome) side effect that (Linux) programs have come to rely on.