[Tilesathome] Upload finished, but not on server?

Matthias Julius lists at julius-net.net
Mon Jul 12 14:11:20 BST 2010


Dirk-Lüder Kreie <osm-list at deelkar.net> writes:

> Am 12.07.2010 06:26, schrieb Matthias Julius:
>> Dirk-Lüder Kreie <osm-list at deelkar.net> writes:
>> 
>>> Am 07.07.2010 17:40, schrieb Matthias Julius:
>>>
>>>> Should the client in upload_loop mode upload from
>>>> UploadTargetDirectory instead of WorkingDirectory/uploadable?  This
>>>> would make it easier to share the config between renderers and
>>>> uploaders.
>>>
>>> That will open up an entire new can of worms re file locking, when the
>>> target directory is on a network share.
>> 
>> Will it?  The client copies files there with a temporary name and then
>> renames them.
>
> Not all networked files systems have rename as an atomic operation.
> Especially Windows is notorious for not having atomic file meta
> operations (like rename).

OK, but then we have that problem already.

Matthias




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