[plt-scheme] are some of the file system functions atomic?

[YC]

Thanks!

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:

>
> Yes, those operations are performed atomically when the OS supports it.
>
> Currently, only the docs for `rename-file-or-directory' mention
> atomicity, and in that case to clarify that there's a race condition on
> the check for an existing file --- which corresponds to the fact that
> the rename() system call always replaces existing files.
>
> Matthew
>
>
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