Use .tmp for temporary files and write-then-rename

[ypp-sc-tools.main.git] / pctb / README

diff --git a/pctb/README b/pctb/README
index 4f56fd8ab0d0d9a53e773f804ed8c24386d00548..96914335c7351132b7c955df238de53344d81e37 100644 (file)
--- a/pctb/README
+++ b/pctb/README
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ The program reads and writes the following files:
    HTML returned from the upload server is left in these dropping
    files for debugging etc.
 
    HTML returned from the upload server is left in these dropping
    files for debugging etc.
 

- * <file>.new
+ * <file>.tmp

 
    When any of these tools overwrite one of the persistent dictionary
 
    When any of these tools overwrite one of the persistent dictionary

-   files, they temporarily write to <file>.new.
+   files, they temporarily write to <file>.tmp.

 
 These files are all in the current working directory.  There is not
 yet any feature to have them be somewhere else.  The helper programs
 
 These files are all in the current working directory.  There is not
 yet any feature to have them be somewhere else.  The helper programs