On 26/03/2008, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> rpm lays files down in a simple repeatable fashion, for any path /foo/bar/baz:
>
> - write to /foo/bar/baz.$tempname
> - rename("/foo/bar/baz.$tempname", "/foo/bar/baz")
>
> This ensures that the path is updated to the new file atomically, which you really
> really want.
>
> What happens when /foo/bar/baz is a populated directory is left as an exercise
> for the user.
Aha, I see. Thanks for the explanation.
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