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23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today

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From: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:38:14 +0200

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 01:27, Lennart Borgman (gmail)
<lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> 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

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