Re: temporary files under win32

[LoÃc Grenià <loic.grenie@gmail.com>]

2012/10/19 Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:49:28AM +0200, LoÃc Grenià wrote:
>> 2012/10/19 Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>:
>>
>> > The second is that there is a race condition of some sort.
>> > If you create 4 directories, each with a copy of gp.exe and start each
>> > of them in parallel, MPQS is much more reliable, so this suggest some race
>> > condition.
>>
>>     Indeed, get_files *is* racy. I'll try to implement getpid() and some
>>   sort of getuid() (maybe constant, maybe not). I've no native win32
>>   compilers, so my tests will not be perfect.
>
> Are you sure pari_unique_dir() is racy ?

    No (see below).

> Maybe we should fix get_file not to be racy.
> We should remove fix pari_unique_dir/pari_unique_filename.
> pari_unique_filename is only used to implement pip on DOS EMX which will not
> be missed.
>
> pari_unique_dir could be replaced by pari_create_unique_dir() which create the
> directory (I think it is already the case though).

      You are right. get_file and pari_unique_dir should thus not be racy...
  However if MPQS is unreliable, it looks as if it *is* racy. Is it possible
  that mkdir can succeed on the same dir if executed in two different
  processes ?

           LoÃc