Hi all,

some months ago, I corrupted my image by accidentally shutting down the host system while saving the image file (many of my images are > 500 MB, so this can take a few seconds even on an SSD). The same can happen due to various other IO/connection issues, so here's an idea:
Couldn't we always use overwrite-by-rename when saving the image file? I. e., first the image into a new temporary file and, after saving has completed, replace the original file with that temp file (via mv)? This would ensure the image file's integrity.

A possible disadvantage, though, would be that some filesystems, such as NTFS, associate meta-information with the file identity, which changes when using the overwrite-by-rename approach. Also, technologies such as FileSystemWatcher would be confused for the same reason. However, afaik overwrite-by-rename is a quite common approach, in primary for big and sensitive files.

However, what are your opinions about this topic? :-)

Best,

Christoph