"Florian G. Pflug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> It seems doable, but it's not pretty. One possible scheme would be to >>> emit a record *after* chosing a name but *before* creating the file, >> >> No, because the way you know the name is good is a successful >> open(O_CREAT). > > The idea was to log *twice*. Once the we're about to create a file, and > the second time that we succeeded. That way, the filename shows up in the > log, even if we crash immediatly after physically creating the file, which > gives recovery at least a chance to clean up the mess.
It sounds like if the reason it fails is because someone else created the same file name you'll delete the wrong file? -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
