Received: from spf5.us4.outblaze.com (spf5.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.27]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAMEaohL013921 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:36:51 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf5.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 490CD775C3 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:36:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CWFSG-0006aZ-Mr for migo@homemail.com; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:46:12 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CWFRp-0006aS-6D for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:45:45 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CWFRo-0006aG-PS for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:45:44 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CWFRo-0006aD-M7 for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:45:44 -0500 Received: from [66.216.124.41] (helo=server4.panoramicfeedback.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CWFIa-00077s-MU for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:36:12 -0500 Received: from panoramicfeedback.com (server4.panoramicfeedback.com [66.216.124.41]) by server4.panoramicfeedback.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id iAMEZNil015794; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:35:25 -0500 Message-ID: <41A1F927.9050907@panoramicfeedback.com> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:35:19 -0500 From: Aaron Bentley User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040309) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Suffield Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [Question] how to preserve multiple file's atomicity ? References: <878y8uqnco.fsf@flame.org> <20041122.175904.104043386.tez@kamihira.com> <87is7yp6c7.fsf@flame.org> <20041122.223131.104033456.tez@kamihira.com> <20041122142622.GA11199@suffields.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041122142622.GA11199@suffields.me.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Panometrics-MailScanner: Found to be clean Cc: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 599 Lines: 23 Andrew Suffield wrote: > Arch archives are *strictly* write-once. They can be stored on > write-once media in real time. No file may be opened for writing > except when it is being created. I know what you mean, but that's not literally true. .listing files may be modified when cacherevs are added or removed. Aaron -- Aaron Bentley Director of Technology Panometrics, Inc. _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/