Re: Is mkdir guaranteed to be 'atomic' ??

[Nate Williams]

> > > >Are there filesystem type cases where this might not be the case 
> > > >(NFS being my main concern ....)
> > > 
> > > No.
> > 
> > Yes.  NFS doesn't guarantee atomicity, because it can't.  If the
> mkdir
> > call returns, you have no guarantee that the remote directory has
> been
> > created (caching, errors, etc...)
> 
>     I can handle it if there is a case where both fail, but is there a
> case where both can SUCCEED ?? 

What do you mean 'both succeed'?


Nate

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