diff src/lib/file-copy.h @ 4406:18c7c5215b53 HEAD

Added file_copy().
author Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
date Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:24:55 +0300
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+#ifndef __FILE_COPY_H
+#define __FILE_COPY_H
+
+/* Copy file atomically. First try hardlinking, then fallback to creating
+   a temporary file (destpath.tmp) and rename()ing it over srcpath.
+   If the destination file already exists, it may or may not be overwritten,
+   so that shouldn't be relied on.
+
+   Returns -1 = error, 0 = source file not found, 1 = ok */
+int file_copy(const char *srcpath, const char *destpath, bool try_hardlink);
+
+#endif