free( psz_cachedir );
msg_Dbg( p_this, "writing plugins cache %s", psz_filename );
- file = utf8_fopen( psz_filename, "wb" );
+ char psz_tmpname[sizeof (psz_filename) + 12];
+ snprintf (psz_tmpname, sizeof (psz_tmpname), "%s.%"PRIu32, psz_filename,
+ (uint32_t)getpid ());
+ file = utf8_fopen( psz_tmpname, "wb" );
if (file == NULL)
goto error;
/* Fill-up file size */
i_file_size = ftell( file );
fseek( file, 0, SEEK_SET );
- if (fwrite (&i_file_size, sizeof (i_file_size), 1, file) != 1)
+ if (fwrite (&i_file_size, sizeof (i_file_size), 1, file) != 1
+ || fflush (file)) /* flush libc buffers */
goto error;
- if (fclose (file) == 0)
- return; /* success! */
+#ifndef WIN32
+ rename (psz_tmpname, psz_filename); /* atomically replace old cache */
+ fclose (file);
+#else
+ remove (psz_filename);
+ fclose (file);
+ rename (psz_tmpname, psz_filename);
+#endif
+ return; /* success! */
- file = NULL;
error:
msg_Warn (p_this, "could not write plugins cache %s (%m)",
psz_filename);