Timeline for tripwire report - inode number
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| Apr 27, 2012 at 8:53 | comment | added | Hendrik Brummermann | "rename" on Linux is atomic, so it either goes through completely or it does not happen at all. Writing a file in contrast consists of multiple operations. So it may fail in between and leave a partly written file. In order to make it more reliable, most programs write a temporary file and then do an atomic "rename", which changes the pointer to the new inode. | |
| Dec 20, 2011 at 14:44 | vote | accept | Mintuz | ||
| Mar 5, 2011 at 15:00 | history | answered | Jeff Ferland♦ | CC BY-SA 2.5 |