# The sysutils/safecat port

## safecat-1.13p0 – copy stdin to a qmail-style maildir

## Description

    safecat is a program which implements D. J. Bernstein's maildir
    algorithm to copy stdin safely to a file in a specified directory.  With
    safecat, the user is offered two assurances.  First, if safecat returns
    a successful exit status, then all data is guaranteed to be saved in the
    destination directory.  Second, if a file exists in the destination
    directory, placed there by safecat, then the file is guaranteed to be
    complete.

    When saving data with safecat, the user specifies a destination
    directory, but not a file name.  The file name is selected by safecat to
    ensure that no filename collisions occur, even if many safecat processes
    and other programs implementing the maildir algorithm are writing to the
    directory simultaneously.  If particular filenames are desired, then the
    user should rename the file after safecat completes.  In general, when
    spooling data with safecat, a single, separate process should handle
    naming, collecting, and deleting these files.  Examples of such a
    process are daemons, cron jobs, and mail readers.

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Categories:
  sysutils

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