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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] KSharedFile RFC
From:       Martin Junius <mj () m-j-s ! net>
Date:       2001-12-21 20:40:22
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Holger Freyther <freyther@gmx.net> writes:

> Do you think there's a race condition? Really? are sure? As far as I
> know is hard linking an atomic operation. EIther I can hardlink or
> not. Otherwise the implementation of the fs would be wrong.

If you're talking about the link() system call, yes, this is an atomic
operation and actually the only safe way to do it on NFS file systems.

Martin
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