Re: Removal of win32-specific rename code

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Removal of win32-specific rename code
Date: 2004-03-16 13:23:12
Message-ID: 200403161323.i2GDNCB05699@candle.pha.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-patches

Claudio Natoli wrote:
>
> > main file. WIth Claudio's fix, this isn't necessary.
>
> Bruce, are you sure this is true? The fix is only for files than are
> open()'d, not fopen()'d (as per AllocateFile).

If your fix works, I will change the Win32-specific code to use open()
and fdopen(). The only advantage to the old code was that it would
release locks, then go into a rename loop, which is horid, and we need
to avoid the loop.

--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 359-1001
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road
+ Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073

In response to

Browse pgsql-patches by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message D.J. Heap 2004-03-16 14:37:05 Re: win32 open patch for held unlink
Previous Message Claudio Natoli 2004-03-16 06:11:25 Re: Removal of win32-specific rename code