So I guess what I'm asking is if there a way to get either of these
apps to upload a file with a new name and rename it after the upload
is complete with one click. Obviously, this doesn't entirely solve
the problem, but it does reduce the potential.
Actually, it *would* entirely solve the problem. Renaming a file is
an atomic operation, there's no point at which anybody could get a
partial file. People still reading the old file would be fine too,
even if the rename happened while they're in the middle of reading;
the old file is readable until they close it.
This is all on Unix-ish platforms, though. Windows servers are
probably all screwed up about it.
inodes are wonderful things.
But now it occurs to me to wonder whether UFS over HFS+ fully emulates
this behavior.
I've used it in rotating httpd logs, and it seems to work.
--
Joel Rees
Re-inventing the wheel --
One of these days it'll be time to properly implement this wheel thing,
bang off all the corners so it can actually roll.
