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> Log files. I wonder if this would ideally also provide a rotation API. Rotating log files in the presence of multiple writers is messy, and maybe shouldn't b

> Log files. I wonder if this would ideally also provide a rotation API. Rotating log files in the presence of multiple writers is messy, and maybe shouldn't be reimplemented at the application layer every time. > Temporary files Windows is not always a model of filesystem elegance, but it has a "delete on close" flag in their equivalent to open, which makes it go away on the last close (handle can still be duplicated or inherited, so you get some reference counting through that). Actually I think you can do similar to this on Unix by unlinking after the open, but keeping an fd open for the lifetime of the temp file.

Animats 7y ago
I wonder if this would ideally also provide a rotation API. Rotating log files in the presence of multiple writers is messy, and maybe shouldn't be reimplemented at the application layer every time. That feature was in UNIVAC EXEC8, now OS-2200. It was called F-cycles.[1] Over half a century old, and still working. [1] https://public.support.unisys.com/2200/docs/CP18.0/PDF/78307949-029.pdf https://public.support.unisys.com/2200/docs/CP18.0/PDF/78307...