file/helper_aix.go

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package file

import (
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
)

// SafeFileRotate safely rotates an existing file under path and replaces it with the tempfile
func SafeFileRotate(path, tempfile string) error {

	if e := os.Rename(tempfile, path); e != nil {
		return e
	}

	// best-effort fsync on parent directory. The fsync is required by some
	// filesystems, so to update the parents directory metadata to actually
	// contain the new file being rotated in.
	// On AIX, fsync will fail if the file is opened in read-only mode,
	// which is the case with os.Open.
	return SyncParent(path)

}

// SyncParent fsyncs parent directory
func SyncParent(path string) error {
	parent := filepath.Dir(path)

	f, err := os.OpenFile(parent, os.O_RDWR, 0)
	if err != nil {
		return nil // ignore error
	}
	defer f.Close()

	return f.Sync()
}