28 Mar
2006
28 Mar
'06
06:58
On 3/28/06, Verdi March
Hi,
The open group specification says that write() is atomic as long as the number of bytes is not larger than PIPE_BUF.
Yes, it does, but it is only specified for writes to pipes or FIFOs. In case of files, you'll need to use some kind of file/record locking. \Steve