Also note that fs-ext (on npm) implements flock() which is required in many circumstances too.
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Andrew Kelley <[email protected]>wrote: > Actually, there is a solution! fs.link to the new file. This will fail > with EEXIST if it exists. And then fs.unlink on the old file. > > Everything works, life is good > > > On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:07:29 AM UTC-5, Andrew Kelley wrote: >> >> I guess it comes down to the rename C function: http://pubs. >> opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/rename.html >> >> Doesn't support no-overwrite flags. So there's not really a fix to this. >> On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:01:18 AM UTC-5, Andrew Kelley wrote: >>> >>> Oops, I see that fs.createWriteStream has the flags as an option. But I >>> think the point still stands for fs.rename. >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 11:56:44 PM UTC-5, Andrew Kelley wrote: >>>> >>>> fs.open has an important flag you can set to avoid race conditions: wx >>>> >>>> This allows you to open a file, only if it does not exist. This is more >>>> correct than doing fs.stat and checking the result, because things could >>>> have changed by the time you get the callback. >>>> >>>> Where is this API for fs.createWriteStream and fs.rename? These guys >>>> need to have that option too. >>>> >>> -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
