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Emacs c-X c-W doesn't increment the "number of writes to file" fdb halfword

To: CJL @ MIT-OZ
Subject: Emacs c-X c-W doesn't increment the "number of writes to file" fdb halfword
From: Leigh L. Klotz <KLOTZ @ MIT-MC>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1984 11:26:00 -0000
Date: 21 November 1984 06:26-EST
Cc: rh @ MIT-EECS, Bug-EMACS @ MIT-OZ, Bug-OZ @ MIT-OZ
In-reply-to: Msg of Tue 20 Nov 1984 20:31 EST from Chris Lindblad <CJL%MIT-OZ at MIT-MC.ARPA>

EMACS doesn't open files that it writes to directly.  It opens _TECO_
OUTPUT or âŠ—[TECO.OUTPUT, and then does a rename.  This causes several
problems on certain operating systems.  For instance, LPT: doesn't support
RENAME.

There are screws involved in doing it the other way -- something about if
the system crashes.

Maybe we should fix it or change it.

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