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[scianos]

 >2) could be circumvented by writing on another file than we read, and 
  >then swap the actual files  
  > 
  
  This tactic would also improve ACID compliance/issues with some newer
filesystems... EXT4 and XFS as examples. With XFS, for instance, if a filesystem
is unmounted uncleanly, files which are open may be NULLED if software is not
using the technique described above.
  
  - Stu