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| -rw-r--r-- | src/port/dirmod.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/port/dirmod.c b/src/port/dirmod.c index c2863e205f4..e345dafc8bc 100644 --- a/src/port/dirmod.c +++ b/src/port/dirmod.c @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ * Win32 (NT, Win2k, XP). replace() doesn't work on Win95/98/Me. * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/dirmod.c,v 1.38 2005/08/02 15:14:47 tgl Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/dirmod.c,v 1.39 2005/08/10 19:52:37 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ pgrename(const char *from, const char *to) { int loops = 0; - /* Is this loop even necessary now that we have win32_open()? */ + /* + * We need these loops because even though PostgreSQL uses flags + * that allow rename while the file is open, other applications + * might have these files open without those flags. + */ #if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) while (!MoveFileEx(from, to, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING)) #endif @@ -164,7 +168,11 @@ pgunlink(const char *path) { int loops = 0; - /* Is this loop even necessary now that we have win32_open()? */ + /* + * We need these loops because even though PostgreSQL uses flags + * that allow unlink while the file is open, other applications + * might have these files open without those flags. + */ while (unlink(path)) { if (errno != EACCES) |