package safeio import ( "fmt" "io/fs" "os" "path/filepath" ) // AtomicWriteFile writes data to path atomically by writing to a temp file in // the same directory and renaming it into place. On any error before rename, // the temp file is removed. The parent directory is created if needed. func AtomicWriteFile(path string, data []byte, perm fs.FileMode) error { dir := filepath.Dir(path) if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("create parent directory: %w", err) } tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, ".atomic-*") if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("create temp file: %w", err) } tmpPath := tmp.Name() cleanup := true defer func() { if cleanup { os.Remove(tmpPath) } }() if _, err := tmp.Write(data); err != nil { tmp.Close() return fmt.Errorf("write temp file: %w", err) } if err := tmp.Sync(); err != nil { tmp.Close() return fmt.Errorf("sync temp file: %w", err) } if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("close temp file: %w", err) } if err := os.Chmod(tmpPath, perm); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("chmod temp file: %w", err) } if err := os.Rename(tmpPath, path); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("rename temp file: %w", err) } cleanup = false // Best-effort sync of the parent directory. if f, err := os.Open(dir); err == nil { _ = f.Sync() f.Close() } return nil }