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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 04:09:10 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-17 12:37:53 -0400 |
| commit | 29a99703fdd5c206bbe054ba6cf2b344019ad114 (patch) | |
| tree | c304588bf8807905060cd1416412243bb7c43ab4 /python/atomicwrites | |
| parent | 7a3d41a5a6fe034ce75a304161ba9704ea883bcf (diff) | |
python/atomicwrites: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'python/atomicwrites')
| -rw-r--r-- | python/atomicwrites/README | 25 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/python/atomicwrites/README b/python/atomicwrites/README index 2602e9896f6d6..b207f622cc807 100644 --- a/python/atomicwrites/README +++ b/python/atomicwrites/README @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ -It uses a temporary file in the same directory as the given path. This ensures -that the temporary file resides on the same filesystem. +It uses a temporary file in the same directory as the given path. This +ensures that the temporary file resides on the same filesystem. -The temporary file will then be atomically moved to the target location: On -POSIX, it will use rename if files should be overwritten, otherwise a -combination of link and unlink. On Windows, it uses MoveFileEx through -stdlib’s ctypes with the appropriate flags. +The temporary file will then be atomically moved to the target +location: On POSIX, it will use rename if files should be overwritten, +otherwise a combination of link and unlink. On Windows, it uses +MoveFileEx through stdlib's ctypes with the appropriate flags. -Note that with link and unlink, there’s a timewindow where the file might be -available under two entries in the filesystem: The name of the temporary file, -and the name of the target file. +Note that with link and unlink, there's a timewindow where the file +might be available under two entries in the filesystem: The name of +the temporary file, and the name of the target file. -Also note that the permissions of the target file may change this way. In some -situations a chmod can be issued without any concurrency problems, but since -that is not always the case, this library doesn’t do it by itself. +Also note that the permissions of the target file may change this +way. In some situations a chmod can be issued without any concurrency +problems, but since that is not always the case, this library +doesn't do it by itself. |