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https://github.com/asottile-archive/rename-exchange
tiny wrapper around renameat2(...) and RENAME_EXCHANGE to do atomic (directory) replacement
https://github.com/asottile-archive/rename-exchange
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tiny wrapper around renameat2(...) and RENAME_EXCHANGE to do atomic (directory) replacement
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/asottile-archive/rename-exchange
- Owner: asottile-archive
- License: mit
- Archived: true
- Created: 2021-05-16T21:14:32.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-02-04T19:11:11.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-08-04T01:12:26.857Z (4 months ago)
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 20.5 KB
- Stars: 5
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# ARCHIVED
it is feature complete and I don't plan on updating it further
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rename-exchange
===============
a tiny wrapper around `renameat2(...)` and `RENAME_EXCHANGE` to do
**atomic (directory) replacement**
### building
#### precompiled
see [the releases tab] for precompiled binaries.
[the releases tab]: https://github.com/asottile/rename-exchange/releases
#### with musl
smaller, static
```bash
musl-gcc -O3 -s -static main.c -o rename-exchange
```
#### with classic gcc
larger, dynamically linked
```bash
gcc -O3 -s main.c -o rename-exchange
```
### support
as this uses `renameat2(...)` it can only be used on linux>3.15
### usage
```console
$ ls -l foo bar
bar:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 asottile asottile 0 May 16 13:35 wat
foo:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 asottile asottile 0 May 16 13:35 wat2
$ rename-exchange foo bar
$ ls -l foo bar
bar:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 asottile asottile 0 May 16 13:35 wat2
foo:
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 asottile asottile 0 May 16 13:35 wat
```