BSD Ports

sysutils/safecat 1.13_1 DragonFly

Safely write data to maildir directory

System
DragonFly
Repository
DPorts
Maintainer
[email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License
BSD4CLAUSE
Categories
mail, sysutils
Package size
16.1 KiB, 28.0 KiB installed

Description

From the safecat README:

safecat is an implementation of D. J. Bernstein's maildir algorithm. It can be used to write mail messages to a qmail-style maildir, or to write data to a "spool" directory reliably. There are no lockfiles with safecat, and nothing is left to chance. If safecat returns a successful exit status, then you can be (practically) 100%25 sure your data is safely committed to disk. Further, if data is written to a directory using safecat (or other implementations of the maildir algorithm), then every file in that directory is guaranteed to be complete. If safecat fails to write all of the data, there will be no file at all in the destination directory.

Of course, you know that such a thing cannot be: between UNIX and the different hardware options available, a 100%25 guarantee is not possible. However, safecat takes every precaution possible in writing your data.

In the other systems

SystemPortVersion
DragonFlysysutils/safecat1.13_1
FreeBSDsysutils/safecat1.13_1
OpenBSDsysutils/safecat1.13p0
NetBSDmail/safecat1.13nb1
HardenedBSDsysutils/safecat1.13_1
GhostBSDsysutils/safecat1.13_1

Install

Binary package:

pkg install safecat

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/sysutils/safecat && make install clean

Dependencies

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts
none

Message after installing

===>   NOTICE:

The safecat port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

More information about port maintainership is available at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing