[darcs-users] Re: afs semantics

Juliusz Chroboczek Juliusz.Chroboczek at pps.jussieu.fr
Sun Jun 11 17:38:11 UTC 2006


Thanks for the information, Jeffrey.

>>   2. If two processes both attempt to rename() the same [source] file,
>>      does AFS guarantee that exactly one of them succeeds?

> It should.

And what about link(2)?  It is my understanding that link(2) on
OpenAFS works fine as long as the link remains in the same directory,
right?

If that's the case, is link atomic in the same sense as rename above?

                                        Juliusz




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