require 'tempfile' module ActiveSupport #:nodoc: module CoreExtensions #:nodoc: module File #:nodoc: module Atomic # 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 |f| # file.write("hello") # end def atomic_write(file_name, temp_dir = Dir.tmpdir) temp_file = Tempfile.new(basename(file_name), temp_dir) yield temp_file temp_file.close begin # Get original file permissions old_stat = stat(file_name) rescue Errno::ENOENT # No old permissions, write a temp file to determine the defaults check_name = join(dirname(file_name), ".permissions_check.#{Thread.current.object_id}.#{Process.pid}.#{rand(1000000)}") open(check_name, "w") { } old_stat = stat(check_name) unlink(check_name) end # Overwrite original file with temp file rename(temp_file.path, file_name) # Set correct permissions on new file chown(old_stat.uid, old_stat.gid, file_name) chmod(old_stat.mode, file_name) end end end end end