GNU bug report logs - #29961
[PATCH] mv: document the missing atomicity of 'mv -n'

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>

Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 15:03:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 29961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka <at> redhat.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 29961 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29961: [PATCH] mv: document the missing atomicity of 'mv -n'
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:27:14 +0100

On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 4:08:51 PM CET Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Eep, Seems like we should use RENAME_NOREPLACE in this case,
> rather than document the caveat?

Thanks for the suggestion!  I will give it a try...

Kamil

> This is already used in shred.
> 
> cheers,
> Pádraig
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