It is good that moving the file out of the way works, but it doesn't
completely solve the problem.
What we have now with Unix rename is ideal:
1) old opens continue seeing the old contents
2) new opens see the new contents
3) the file always exists under the fixed name
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think we may be best just looping on MoveFileEx() until is succeeds.
We do the pg_pwd writes while holding an exclusive lock on pg_shadow so
that will guarantee that no one else will slip an old version of the
file in after we have written it.
Tom Lane wrote:
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think we may be best just looping on MoveFileEx() until is succeeds.
We do the pg_pwd writes while holding an exclusive lock on pg_shadow so
that will guarantee that no one else will slip an old version of the
file in after we
