The renameio Go package provides a way to atomically create or replace a
file or symbolic link.
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Atomicity vs durability: renameio concerns itself only with atomicity,
i.e. making sure applications never see unexpected file content
(a half-written file, or a 0-byte file).
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As a practical example, consider https://manpages.debian.org/: if there
is a power outage while the site is updating, we are okay with losing the
manpages which were being rendered at the time of the power outage. They
will be added in a later run of the software. We are not okay with having
a manpage replaced by a 0-byte file under any circumstances, though.
Installed Size: 56.3 kB
Architectures: all