Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, sorry if it's all nonsense now: Last year I sent the > following mail, and got a reply confirming this bug and that it > may be changed to use pid instead of a serial in log filename. > Recently I was doing a project and had the same problem, I found > an atomic solution for that in man page for open(2).
In the meantime Wget was changed to use O_EXCL for opening log files when -b is used (and in some other cases as well). Try the CVS Wget and see if it works for you. A variant of your original test case now exhibits what I consider proper behavior: $ while true do wget -b wwww.xemacs.org done Continuing in background, pid 15216. Output will be written to `wget-log'. Continuing in background, pid 15218. Output will be written to `wget-log.1'. Continuing in background, pid 15220. Output will be written to `wget-log.2'. Continuing in background, pid 15222. Output will be written to `wget-log.3'. Continuing in background, pid 15224. Output will be written to `wget-log.4'. Continuing in background, pid 15226. Output will be written to `wget-log.5'. Continuing in background, pid 15228. Output will be written to `wget-log.6'. Continuing in background, pid 15230. Output will be written to `wget-log.7'. Continuing in background, pid 15232. Output will be written to `wget-log.8'. Continuing in background, pid 15234. Output will be written to `wget-log.9'. Continuing in background, pid 15236. Output will be written to `wget-log.10'. Continuing in background, pid 15238. Output will be written to `wget-log.11'. Continuing in background, pid 15240. Output will be written to `wget-log.12'. Continuing in background, pid 15242. Output will be written to `wget-log.13'. Continuing in background, pid 15244. Output will be written to `wget-log.14'. Continuing in background, pid 15246. Output will be written to `wget-log.15'. Continuing in background, pid 15248. Output will be written to `wget-log.16'. Continuing in background, pid 15250. Output will be written to `wget-log.17'. Continuing in background, pid 15252. Output will be written to `wget-log.18'. Continuing in background, pid 15254. Output will be written to `wget-log.19'. Continuing in background, pid 15256. Output will be written to `wget-log.20'. Continuing in background, pid 15258. Output will be written to `wget-log.21'. Continuing in background, pid 15260. Output will be written to `wget-log.22'. Continuing in background, pid 15262. Output will be written to `wget-log.23'. Continuing in background, pid 15264. Output will be written to `wget-log.24'. Continuing in background, pid 15266. Output will be written to `wget-log.25'. Continuing in background, pid 15268. Output will be written to `wget-log.26'. Continuing in background, pid 15270. Output will be written to `wget-log.27'. Continuing in background, pid 15272. Output will be written to `wget-log.28'. Continuing in background, pid 15274. Output will be written to `wget-log.29'. Continuing in background, pid 15276. Output will be written to `wget-log.30'. Continuing in background, pid 15278. Output will be written to `wget-log.31'. Continuing in background, pid 15280. Output will be written to `wget-log.32'. Continuing in background, pid 15282. Output will be written to `wget-log.33'. Continuing in background, pid 15284. Output will be written to `wget-log.34'. Continuing in background, pid 15286. Output will be written to `wget-log.35'. Continuing in background, pid 15288. Output will be written to `wget-log.36'. Continuing in background, pid 15290. Output will be written to `wget-log.37'. Continuing in background, pid 15292. Output will be written to `wget-log.38'. Continuing in background, pid 15294. Output will be written to `wget-log.39'. Continuing in background, pid 15296. Output will be written to `wget-log.40'. Continuing in background, pid 15298. Output will be written to `wget-log.41'. Continuing in background, pid 15300. Output will be written to `wget-log.42'. Continuing in background, pid 15302. Output will be written to `wget-log.43'. Continuing in background, pid 15304. Output will be written to `wget-log.44'. Continuing in background, pid 15306. Output will be written to `wget-log.45'. Continuing in background, pid 15308. Output will be written to `wget-log.46'. Continuing in background, pid 15310. Output will be written to `wget-log.47'. Continuing in background, pid 15312. Output will be written to `wget-log.48'. Continuing in background, pid 15314. Output will be written to `wget-log.49'. Continuing in background, pid 15316. Output will be written to `wget-log.50'. ...
