[Dovecot] link() problem with dovecot-imapd

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Sat Sep 4 12:17:41 EEST 2004


On 4.9.2004, at 03:38, James Ray wrote:

>> Maildir standard says to use link(), but I suppose it could fallback 
>> to rename() too.. Hmm. I'm just not sure if it's worth it to 
>> implement, it's useless bloat for most people.
>> And it's not just copying, it's saving messages in general which 
>> fails with you.
>
> any chance of someone either
> 	a) knocking me up a quick patch for this
> 	b) pointing me in the general direction of where I should be looking 
> to write such a patch.

src/lib-storage/index/maildir/maildir-save.c. Just replace the two 
link() calls to rename(). The unlink() call after them can also be 
removed.
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