Kit-Yan Choi <k...@kychoi.org> writes: > But is it theoretically possible to have two remote file paths sharing > the same local copy file name? i.e. `make-temp-file' generates the > same temporary file name for two separate calls?
No, never ever. After choosing a random file name, make-temp-file checks whether there exists already such a file. In case of yes, it chosses another random file name, and so on. > As far as org-mode is concerned, and assuming the current stable > version of tramp, I think there are two options (1) the current > approach which preserves the path of the remote file and therefore > avoid unnecessary downloads; however we forgo the capability of > compression that tramp's file-local-copy offers, (2) use > `file-local-copy' but risk overwriting (albeit unlikely) downloaded > local copy; this is possible with or with out a look-up table for > reusing files. Again, the risk of overwriting something else does not exist. > Thanks, > Kit Best regards, Michael.
