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Description of problem:
Sometimes when I need to rename a lot of files, a few files are unable
to be renamed. I.e., the destination file appears, but the source does
not.

Below is a simple program reproducing the behavior:

// tree_create.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    FILE *list, *out;
    char buffer1[1024];
    char buffer2[1024];
    char *part, *c0;
    char *mem;
    char ch;
    unsigned long count = 0;
    long size;
    int len;
    
    if(argc != 2) {
        printf("usage: tree_creat <list>\n");
        return 0;
    }

    if((list = fopen(argv[1], "r")) == NULL) {
        perror("Bad input file");
        return 1;
    }

    if(fseek(list, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
        perror("Unable to fseek");
        return 1;
    }

    while(fgets(buffer1, sizeof(buffer1)-1, list) &&
          fgets(buffer2, sizeof(buffer2)-1, list) &&
          strlen(buffer1) > 0 &&
          (len = strlen(buffer2)) > 0) 
    {
        size = atol(buffer1);

        if(size < 0) {
            printf("Bad size\n");
            return 1;
        }

        while(len-- && (buffer2[len] == '\n' || buffer2[len] == '\r'))
            buffer2[len] = '\0';

        if(len == 0) {
            printf("Bad fname reached\n");
            return 1;
        }
        
        c0 = buffer2;

        while(*c0 && ((part = strchr(c0, '/')) != NULL)) {
            if(*(part+1) != '/') { // avoid '//' cases
                *part = '\0';

                if(access(buffer2, F_OK) != 0) {
                    if(mkdir(buffer2, 0755) != 0) {
                        printf("Unable to create directory '%s':
%s\n", buffer2, strerror(errno));
                        return 1;
                    }
                }

                *part = '/';
            }

            c0 = part+1;
        }        

        if(*c0 == '\0') {
            printf("Bad fname reached - not a regular file: '%s'\n",
buffer2);
            return 1;
        }
             
        ch = *c0;
        *c0 = '\0';

        sprintf(buffer1, "%sxtmp_my.%d", buffer2, count++);
        
        *c0 = ch;

        if((out = fopen(buffer1, "w")) == NULL) {
            printf("Cannot create file %s: %s\n", buffer1,
strerror(errno));
            return 1;
        }

        if((mem = (char *)malloc(size)) == NULL) {
            perror("Cannot create memory buffer");
            return 1;
        }

        if(fwrite(mem, size, 1, out) < 0) {
            perror("fwrite");
            return 1;
        }

        if(fclose(out) != 0) {
            perror("fclose");
            return 1;
        }

        free(mem);

        if(rename(buffer1, buffer2) != 0) {
            printf("Rename(%s, %s) failed: %s\n", buffer1, buffer2,
strerror(errno));
            return 1;
        }
    }
        
    return 0;
}


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compile the program: gcc tree_creat.c -o tree_creat
2. Download the following file:
http://www.excelsior-usa.com/download/tmp/file_list.zip
3. Unzip it: unzip file_list.zip. The file 'file_list.txt' shall appear.
5. Place the files 'tree_creat' and 'file_list.txt' to an empty dir.
4. Run the following command: ./tree_creat file_list.txt from that dir.

    

Actual Results:  The file/directory tree appears, and there is a few
files with names like 'xtmp_my.XXX' deeply in the directory tree.
These are temporaly files had to be renamed in the proper names. But
they are NOT renamed. The image of the tree is given in the file
'file_list.txt', there is no such files.


Expected Results:  The directory/file tree must appear. There must be
no additional files.


Additional info:

BTW, after the test, some file system errors may appear.