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|    Rob Swindell (on Windows 11) to Git commit to main/sbbs/master    |
|    src/sbbs3/smbutil.c    |
|    13 Feb 26 00:34:20    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 54468.syncprog@1:103/705 2df4ecd0       PID: Synchronet 3.21b-Linux master/cadd5fa22 Feb 12 2026 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.37-Linux master/86d638a19 Feb 12 2026 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1       FORMAT: flowed       https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/c322f624d537025462d70da5       Modified Files:        src/sbbs3/smbutil.c       Log Message:       Rename msgbase files *before* packing to insure exclusive access              Even with the *.lock file created exclusively, there's still a race condition       where other processes could have the msgbase files open in which case the       final rename (e.g. from *.sd$ to *.sdt) would fail with an error and you'd end       up with a mix of files from before and after the pack operation.              This rename-first operation insures we're the only ones with the msgbase open       and since we have it locked, no one else should be able to open subsequently       either.              Updated the temp filename extenions to 4 chars now, so the operation goes like       this:               ren pack ren       [*.shd/sdt/sid] -> [*.shd_/sdt_/sid_] -> [*.shd$/sdt$/sid$] -> [*.shd/sdt/sid]              Commented out the "duplicate index" message which was wrong (it's the header       that's duplicate, not the index) and a perfectly normal situation for mail       msgs to multiple recipients.       --- SBBSecho 3.37-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 100 16/0 19/37 103/705 105/81 106/201 123/130 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 128/187 129/14 142/104 153/757 7715 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 134 206 317 400 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/470 700 705 240/1120 5832 263/1 266/512 280/464 5003       SEEN-BY: 280/5006 291/111 292/8125 301/1 320/119 219 319 2119 322/757       SEEN-BY: 322/762 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/81 120 460/58 633/280       SEEN-BY: 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 280/464 221/1 320/219 229/426           |
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