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config:all_you_never_wanted_to_know_about_file_saving [2013/05/06 20:44] – add proper title colombanwconfig:all_you_never_wanted_to_know_about_file_saving [2016/03/07 10:48] – Link to the GIO bug colombanw
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 Disadvantages: Disadvantages:
  
-  * There is a long standing bug or design fault in the GIO library that deletes the temporary file from the non-atomic save if writing the data file fails.  **This means it is no more safe than the simple overwrite method since the previous data is not restored, or even left available for the user to restore.**+  * There is a [[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602412|long standing bug]] or design fault in the GIO library that deletes the temporary file from the non-atomic save if writing the data file fails.  **This means it is no more safe than the simple overwrite method since the previous data is not restored, or even left available for the user to restore.**
   * The non-atomic save copies data over the network three times (read and write to make the temporary file, write the output file) which can be slow on remote networks.   * The non-atomic save copies data over the network three times (read and write to make the temporary file, write the output file) which can be slow on remote networks.
   * Uses twice the disk space.   * Uses twice the disk space.

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