Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] DIDs - an idea -or- I didn't read the AFP specs completely yet
From: Donald L. Nash (D.Nash@utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 15 1998 - 17:57:31 EDT
--On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 4:44 PM -0500 "Andrew McNabb"
<amcnabb@argus-systems.com> wrote:
> What happens if you change your system clock (esp. dailylight savings)?
Unix clocks tick GMT, so that isn't a problem.
> Also, what if you have two files created during the same second (not
> unlikely if you have a big system).
You would need to have two *directories* created during the same second,
which is more rare but a problem nevertheless. The .maxDID or .DIDdb ideas
fix that problem, and the race condition that Incze mentioned can be fixed
with file locking.
-- Donald L. Nash, <D.Nash@utexas.edu>, PGP Key ID: 0x689DA021 The University of Texas System Office of Telecommunication Services PGP Key Fingerprint: D6D2 CBEE 8F56 60B2 736C 031A A1E0 AF3D
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