From acf1a04cdf262a7ccb0178903b29c5b135b4f47a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonLeary42 <71396965+simonLeary42@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:41:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] avoid race condition in Lmod spider json file (#1081)

Avoid race condition in Lmod spider json file by using a tempfile and mv commands.
---
 source/reference/files/ondemand-d-ymls.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/reference/files/ondemand-d-ymls.rst b/source/reference/files/ondemand-d-ymls.rst
index 2a426544..918f851b 100644
--- a/source/reference/files/ondemand-d-ymls.rst
+++ b/source/reference/files/ondemand-d-ymls.rst
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ Configuration Properties
   as indicated by the command below. Open OnDemand will read these files and
   potentially show them in a from for a cluster called **my_cluster**.
 
-  ``$LMOD_DIR/spider -o spider-json $MODULEPATH > /some/directory/my_cluster.json``
+  ``tmp="$(mktemp)"; "$LMOD_DIR/spider" -o spider-json "$MODULEPATH" > "$tmp"; mv "$tmp" /some/directory/my_cluster.json``
 
   Default
     Null. No directory given.