Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Dan Maas" <> | Subject | Re: Swap | Date | Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:46:35 -0500 |
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> This is 'nice' for the server, it doesn't have the overhead of maintaining > a file-system state. That's why servers are supposed to be read-only. > However, somebody has got to write the stuff to the file-system that's > going to (eventually) be read-only. Beware when such access occurs.
But NFS still allows atomic rename() right? Isn't it considered essential to write the new executable or library under a different name, and then atomically rename() over the old one? If you write() directly into the executable, you will get what you deserve...
Regards, Dan
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