> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
> :
> > is mkdir(3) guaranteed to be atomic?
>
> Yes.
Um. mkdir(2) is atomic. Note that mkdir(1) with the -p argument is
*not* atomic.
> >Are there filesystem type cases where this might not be the case
> >(NFS being my main concern ....)
>
> No.
How would it *not* be atomic?
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