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diff --git a/python/atomicwrites/README b/python/atomicwrites/README deleted file mode 100644 index b207f622cc..0000000000 --- a/python/atomicwrites/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -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. - -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. |