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Re: Rename, delete and move current buffer and file


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Rename, delete and move current buffer and file
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 12:14:05 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>>> That method has been obsolete for decades.  POSIX requires rename to be
>>> atomic.
>> Even when moving from one directory to another?
> Yes, that requirement has been in POSIX ever since POSIX was introduced;
> I just now checked my printed copy of IEEE Std 1003.1-1988.

Cool! I had no idea.
Thank,


        Stefan



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