Re: temp file name conflicts in unattended document generation

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Ed L. Cashin wrote:

> I notice that occasionally I see a context-generated filename that is
> not related to the source filename, e.g., "texutil.tuo" and
> "cont-opt.bak".  It seems like these files may cause collisions when
> two instances of context are running in the same directory on separate
> sources, e.g. if, in /var/tmp, foo-2222.tex and foo-3333.tex are being
> compiled simultaneously by context.
> 
> Is that a valid concern?  If so, is there a way to specify an "id"
> string for use in the tempfile names?

I share your problem -) Which is why currently the opt file is already
taken care of. One reason for using a standard name, is that is eases
removing old files, (since I often run on overloaded systems this makes
sense). I think it indeed makes sense to treat the texutil.tuo file in
the same way, so I'll look into it. I have to updat emy perl 'purge'
script anyway -)

BTW, some file duplicated are hard to catch, like buffers with the ame
name and differrent content. But I can make that something optional,  

Remind me to solve this (I'm currently updating / reinstalling /
cleaning up my main system to a larger disk, so I don't play with the
sources currently).   

Hans 

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