[OSM-dev] tiles at home disk usage

[Matthew Newton]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 04:32:54PM +0100, Grant Slater wrote:
> Overwriting a tile which is currently hard linked will change the file 
> contents of ALL hard linked files.
> 
> Removing the tile-file prior to be overwritten, would result in a new 
> file and the other hard linked files not being affected.
> 
> sudo code
> --------------------------
> if file_exists(x/y/tile.png) {
>     rm (x/y/tile.png)
>     create_file(x/y/tile.png)
> }
> --------------------------

Better, so that the update is atomic:

create_file(x/y/tile.png.new)
mv(x/y/tile.png.new, x/y/tile.png)

and then forget the stat.

-- 
Matthew