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Comment on write_file_safe()'s actual safety

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Přemysl Eric Janouch 2024-02-10 06:16:27 +01:00
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@ -3552,6 +3552,8 @@ write_file_safe (const char *filename, const void *data, size_t data_len,
{
// XXX: ideally we would also open the directory, use *at() versions
// of functions and call fsync() on the directory as appropriate
// FIXME: this should behave similarly to mkstemp(), just with 0666;
// as it is, this function is not particularly safe
char *temp = xstrdup_printf ("%s.new", filename);
bool success = write_file (temp, data, data_len, e);
if (success && !(success = !rename (temp, filename)))