[Python-Dev] Ext4 data loss

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Thu Mar 12 23:22:24 CET 2009


> auto-delete is one of the nice features of tempfile.  Another feature
> which is entirely appropriate to this usage, though, though, is creation
> of a non-conflicting filename.

Ok. In that use case, however, it is completely irrelevant whether the
tempfile module calls fsync. After it has generated the non-conflicting
filename, it's done.

Regards,
Martin



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