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Only one of the racing processes can win the rename, so you have to check it for failure and re-try the readdir/rename loop. So you don't need locking, but you do need checking and retrying.

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Re^4: Temporary usage of RAM memory
by davido (Cardinal) on Apr 11, 2014 at 06:18 UTC

    Thanks, that makes sense. :)


    Dave

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