> > Personally I don't think that any rename()-usleep loop is necessary.
> > I'll check the archives.
>
> I agree the rename loop seems unnecessary. I kept it in case we hadn't
> dealt with all the failure places. Should we remove them now or wait
> for 8.1? Seems we should keep them in and see if we get reports from
> users of looping forever, and if not we can remove them in 8.1.
What I do not understand is, that Windows has rename and _unlink.
Are we using those or not?
Looping forever is certainly not good, but I thought the current code
had a limited loop. I think a limited loop is required, since both
rename and _unlink can not cope with a locked file.
Andreas
