Bug#614601: ITP: libsafewrite -- Simple functions for performing safe atomic replacement of files

[Shachar Shemesh <shachar@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Shachar Shemesh <shachar@debian.org>


* Package name    : libsafewrite
  Version         : 1.00
  Upstream Author : Shachar Shemesh <shachar@lingnu.com>
* URL             : http://www.lingnu.com/opensource/safewrite.html
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Simple functions for performing safe atomic file updates

Safewrite is a library for simple, almost drop-in replacement to the usual
open and close calls. Using safewrite, however, guarantees that the files be
updated in an atomic way - anyone trying to read the file is guaranteed to get
a complete version, either the old or the new, but never a partially updated
file.