Subject: Re: bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today

From: "Juanma Barranquero" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:38:14 +0200

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 01:27, Lennart Borgman (gmail)
<[email-masked]> wrote:

> So you mean there is no more problem if the old file was not deleted?

I didn't say that. But the problem is not that you deleted it or not,
but whether that affects creating the new server-file or opening the
new local socket.

> Why delete it at all in that case?

Cleanup is a good prophilactic measure, but it is not always required:

 (with-temp-file "~/temp.dat" (insert "Hi!"))
 (with-temp-file "~/temp.dat" (insert "Bye!"))

 Juanma