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From: dean@fyvie.cs.wisc.edu (Dean Luick)
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Subject: Re: Is there a reliable way to write a file to an NFS server?
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Date: 30 Mar 91 05:51:14 GMT
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In <1991Mar25.233245.15209@cs.utk.edu> moore@chili.cs.utk.edu (Keith
Moore) writes:

>Is there any way I can reliably create a file on an NFS mounted
>directory, write its contents, close it, and know whether the file was
>written correctly and completely?

Under certain conditions, just stat'ing the file should be enough.

dean

Dean Luick
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