> I would like a rename operation to not involving delete_conf() explicitly 
 > and only need to update the specific link configuration entry to be the new 
 > link name.

Is there a specific reason?

 > Specific to Dan's question, we could add a function rename_conf() to 
 > differentiate it from the normal commit_conf() operation.

I think it's more complicated than that, since commit_conf() (write_conf()
as we've now been calling it) probably needs to write out the entire
configuration in one pass to preserve atomicity (as per my email).

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meem

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