> > Personally I don't think that any rename()-usleep loop is necessary. > > I'll check the archives. > > I agree the rename loop seems unnecessary. I kept it in case we hadn't > dealt with all the failure places. Should we remove them now or wait > for 8.1? Seems we should keep them in and see if we get reports from > users of looping forever, and if not we can remove them in 8.1.
What I do not understand is, that Windows has rename and _unlink. Are we using those or not? Looping forever is certainly not good, but I thought the current code had a limited loop. I think a limited loop is required, since both rename and _unlink can not cope with a locked file. Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]