Re: Caches, caches...

Arthur Chance (Arthur.Chance@Smallworld.co.uk)
Fri, 18 Mar 1994 15:33:44 +0000

On Mar 18, 3:19pm, Sjoerd Mullender wrote:
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> Of course the temporary file must have a unique name, otherwise you'd
> have the same problem as with the .pyc file. Basing the name on the
> pid is fine.

Not with NFS, it isn't. Pid + something host specific is needed. The IP
address is probably the safest host specific information. (Presuming you
use IP, of course.)

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 everyone is a little paranoid."
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