From: mortenp <none@none>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:02:20 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: added comment about why the rename() call is safe
X-Git-Tag: RELEASE_1_0_0~244
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9ac85ca54ff25eb23718ca2033030d39c146b607;p=thirdparty%2Fmlmmj.git

added comment about why the rename() call is safe
---

diff --git a/src/mlmmj-send.c b/src/mlmmj-send.c
index 6622ea63..01bfe5f4 100644
--- a/src/mlmmj-send.c
+++ b/src/mlmmj-send.c
@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	
 	if(listctrl[0] != '1' && listctrl[0] != '2') {
+		/* It is safe to rename() the mail file at this point, because
+		   the child processes (who might still be running) inhirit a
+		   handle to the open file, so they don't care if it is moved
+		   or deleted. */
+
 		/* The mail now goes to the archive */
 		rename(mailfilename, archivefilename);