Re: fsync with sync, and Win32 unlink

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com>
Cc: "'Bruce Momjian'" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Win32 port list <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: fsync with sync, and Win32 unlink
Date: 2004-03-12 14:34:38
Message-ID: 8909.1079102078@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Claudio Natoli <claudio(dot)natoli(at)memetrics(dot)com> writes:
> Tom, can you hold off on "unlink handling" part of the implementation, at
> least for a few days?

Love to ;-)

> I'm testing a patch right now to work around this very
> issue (involves, under win32, replacing _open() with CreateFile, which
> accepts parameters to allow deletion of the held file. Initial testing looks
> good, but it'll need community review).

However, I don't see exactly how that can win?

regards, tom lane

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