X-Git-Url: http://git.giacomolli.uk/onechat/blobdiff_plain/e754189bc2aa32ec43a5dc4ee01d7a6c6e4e388c..4e3341f81d4c9b296c8fd016f4a086752d561efd:/memory.go?ds=inline

diff --git a/memory.go b/memory.go
index 9c8073f..9e38916 100644
--- a/memory.go
+++ b/memory.go
@@ -445,20 +445,16 @@ func (m *Memory) context(level, index int) string {
 	return m.cview.Context(m.tree, end)
 }
 
-// writeFileAtomic replaces the file at path with data. A reader or a crash sees
-// the old file or the new file, never a part of one.
+// writeFileAtomic replaces the file at path with data through a temporary file
+// and a rename. A reader or a crash of the process sees the old file or the new
+// file, never a part of one.
 func writeFileAtomic(path string, data []byte) error {
-	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
-	file, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, "."+filepath.Base(path)+".*")
+	file, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(path), "."+filepath.Base(path)+".*")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("create temporary file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = file.Write(data)
-	if err == nil {
-		err = file.Sync()
-	}
-
 	err = errors.Join(err, file.Close())
 	if err == nil {
 		err = os.Rename(file.Name(), path)
@@ -468,24 +464,5 @@ func writeFileAtomic(path string, data []byte) error {
 		return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("replace file: %w", err), os.Remove(file.Name()))
 	}
 
-	return syncDir(dir)
-}
-
-// syncDir flushes the entries of dir to the disk.
-func syncDir(dir string) (err error) {
-	handle, err := os.Open(dir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("open directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	defer func() {
-		err = errors.Join(err, handle.Close())
-	}()
-
-	err = handle.Sync()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("flush directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }