X-Git-Url: https://ruderich.org/simon/gitweb/?p=nsscash%2Fnsscash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=4febddfaff66a3f16f662fe216b82e4ca3c5cd57;hp=b5a60ab6bb068f9bb1036ea40b3d56f73730c88a;hb=db3be9251d95b15bb4dc49095b7d5c69258ba3e4;hpb=17d6cb591586b6a4ce79c9f9251a5bb86fe963a1 diff --git a/README b/README index b5a60ab..4febddf 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ lookups. To support quick lookups, in O(log n), the files utilize indices. Nsscash is very careful when deploying the changes: - All files are updated using the standard "write to temporary file", "sync", - "rename" steps which is atomic on UNIX file systems. + "rename" steps which is atomic on UNIX file systems. The indices are stored + in the same file preventing stale data during the update. - All errors cause an immediate abort ("fail fast") with a proper error message and a non-zero exit status. This prevents hiding possibly important errors. In addition all files are fetched first and then deployed to try to