require 'fileutils' class File # Write to a file atomically. Useful for situations where you don't # want other processes or threads to see half-written files. # # File.atomic_write('important.file') do |file| # file.write('hello') # end # # If your temp directory is not on the same filesystem as the file you're # trying to write, you can provide a different temporary directory. # # File.atomic_write('/data/something.important', '/data/tmp') do |file| # file.write('hello') # end def self.atomic_write(file_name, temp_dir = Dir.tmpdir) require 'tempfile' unless defined?(Tempfile) require 'fileutils' unless defined?(FileUtils) temp_file = Tempfile.new(basename(file_name), temp_dir) temp_file.binmode return_val = yield temp_file temp_file.close if File.exist?(file_name) # Get original file permissions old_stat = stat(file_name) else # If not possible, probe which are the default permissions in the # destination directory. old_stat = probe_stat_in(dirname(file_name)) end # Overwrite original file with temp file FileUtils.mv(temp_file.path, file_name) # Set correct permissions on new file begin chown(old_stat.uid, old_stat.gid, file_name) # This operation will affect filesystem ACL's chmod(old_stat.mode, file_name) # Make sure we return the result of the yielded block return_val rescue Errno::EPERM, Errno::EACCES # Changing file ownership failed, moving on. end end # Private utility method. def self.probe_stat_in(dir) #:nodoc: basename = [ '.permissions_check', Thread.current.object_id, Process.pid, rand(1000000) ].join('.') file_name = join(dir, basename) FileUtils.touch(file_name) stat(file_name) ensure FileUtils.rm_f(file_name) if file_name end end