Make exclusive/atomic writes formally possible

fsspec/asyn.py

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ async def _copy(
                 continue
             raise ex
 
-    async def _pipe_file(self, path, value, **kwargs):
+    async def _pipe_file(self, path, value, mode="overwrite", **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     async def _pipe(self, path, value=None, batch_size=None, **kwargs):
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ async def _cat_ranges(
             coros, batch_size=batch_size, nofiles=True, return_exceptions=True
         )
 
-    async def _put_file(self, lpath, rpath, **kwargs):
+    async def _put_file(self, lpath, rpath, mode="overwrite", **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     async def _put(

fsspec/implementations/http.py

@@ -273,8 +273,12 @@ async def _put_file(
         chunk_size=5 * 2**20,
         callback=DEFAULT_CALLBACK,
         method="post",
+        mode="overwrite",
         **kwargs,
     ):
+        if mode != "overwrite":
+            raise NotImplementedError("Exclusive write")
+
         async def gen_chunks():
             # Support passing arbitrary file-like objects
             # and use them instead of streams.

fsspec/implementations/memory.py

@@ -126,12 +126,13 @@ def makedirs(self, path, exist_ok=False):
             if not exist_ok:
                 raise
 
-    def pipe_file(self, path, value, **kwargs):
+    def pipe_file(self, path, value, mode="overwrite", **kwargs):
         """Set the bytes of given file
 
         Avoids copies of the data if possible
         """
-        self.open(path, "wb", data=value)
+        mode = "xb" if mode == "create" else "wb"
+        self.open(path, mode=mode, data=value)
 
     def rmdir(self, path):
         path = self._strip_protocol(path)
@@ -178,6 +179,8 @@ def _open(
         **kwargs,
     ):
         path = self._strip_protocol(path)
+        if "x" in mode and self.exists(path):
+            raise FileExistsError
         if path in self.pseudo_dirs:
             raise IsADirectoryError(path)
         parent = path

fsspec/implementations/reference.py

@@ -1181,13 +1181,17 @@ async def _rm_file(self, path, **kwargs):
         )  # ignores FileNotFound, just as well for directories
         self.dircache.clear()  # this is a bit heavy handed
 
-    async def _pipe_file(self, path, data):
+    async def _pipe_file(self, path, data, mode="overwrite", **kwargs):
+        if mode == "create" and self.exists(path):
+            raise FileExistsError
         # can be str or bytes
         self.references[path] = data
         self.dircache.clear()  # this is a bit heavy handed
 
-    async def _put_file(self, lpath, rpath, **kwargs):
+    async def _put_file(self, lpath, rpath, mode="overwrite", **kwargs):
         # puts binary
+        if mode == "create" and self.exists(rpath):
+            raise FileExistsError
         with open(lpath, "rb") as f:
             self.references[rpath] = f.read()
         self.dircache.clear()  # this is a bit heavy handed

fsspec/implementations/tests/test_smb.py

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 
 pytest.importorskip("smbprotocol")
 
+
+def delay_rerun(*args):
+    time.sleep(0.1)
+    return True
+
+
 # ruff: noqa: F821
 
 if os.environ.get("WSL_INTEROP"):
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ def smb_params(request):
         stop_docker(container)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=2, reruns_delay=2)
+@pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3, rerun_filter=delay_rerun)
 def test_simple(smb_params):
     adir = "/home/adir"
     adir2 = "/home/adir/otherdir/"
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ def test_simple(smb_params):
     assert not fsmb.exists(adir)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=2, reruns_delay=2)
+@pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3, rerun_filter=delay_rerun)
 def test_auto_mkdir(smb_params):
     adir = "/home/adir"
     adir2 = "/home/adir/otherdir/"
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ def test_auto_mkdir(smb_params):
     assert not fsmb.exists(another_dir)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=2, reruns_delay=2)
+@pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3, rerun_filter=delay_rerun)
 def test_with_url(smb_params):
     if smb_params["port"] is None:
         smb_url = "smb://{username}:{password}@{host}/home/someuser.txt"
@@ -131,7 +137,7 @@ def test_with_url(smb_params):
         assert read_result == b"hello"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=2, reruns_delay=2)
+@pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3, rerun_filter=delay_rerun)
 def test_transaction(smb_params):
     afile = "/home/afolder/otherdir/afile"
     afile2 = "/home/afolder/otherdir/afile2"
@@ -152,14 +158,14 @@ def test_transaction(smb_params):
     assert fsmb.find(adir) == [afile, afile2]
 
 
-@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=2, reruns_delay=2)
+@pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3, rerun_filter=delay_rerun)
 def test_makedirs_exist_ok(smb_params):
     fsmb = fsspec.get_filesystem_class("smb")(**smb_params)
     fsmb.makedirs("/home/a/b/c")
     fsmb.makedirs("/home/a/b/c", exist_ok=True)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.flaky(reruns=2, reruns_delay=2)
+@pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=3, rerun_filter=delay_rerun)
 def test_rename_from_upath(smb_params):
     fsmb = fsspec.get_filesystem_class("smb")(**smb_params)
     fsmb.makedirs("/home/a/b/c", exist_ok=True)

fsspec/spec.py

@@ -780,8 +780,12 @@ def cat_file(self, path, start=None, end=None, **kwargs):
                 return f.read(end - f.tell())
             return f.read()
 
-    def pipe_file(self, path, value, **kwargs):
+    def pipe_file(self, path, value, mode="overwrite", **kwargs):
         """Set the bytes of given file"""
+        if mode == "create" and self.exists(path):
+            # non-atomic but simple way; or could use "xb" in open(), which is likely
+            # not as well supported
+            raise FileExistsError
         with self.open(path, "wb", **kwargs) as f:
             f.write(value)
 
@@ -973,8 +977,12 @@ def get(
             with callback.branched(rpath, lpath) as child:
                 self.get_file(rpath, lpath, callback=child, **kwargs)
 
-    def put_file(self, lpath, rpath, callback=DEFAULT_CALLBACK, **kwargs):
+    def put_file(
+        self, lpath, rpath, callback=DEFAULT_CALLBACK, mode="overwrite", **kwargs
+    ):
         """Copy single file to remote"""
+        if mode == "create" and self.exists(rpath):
+            raise FileExistsError
         if os.path.isdir(lpath):
             self.makedirs(rpath, exist_ok=True)
             return None
@@ -1264,6 +1272,9 @@ def open(
             Target file
         mode: str like 'rb', 'w'
             See builtin ``open()``
+            Mode "x" (exclusive write) may be implemented by the backend. Even if
+            it is, whether  it is checked up front or on commit, and whether it is
+            atomic is implementation-dependent.
         block_size: int
             Some indication of buffering - this is a value in bytes
         cache_options : dict, optional
@@ -1797,7 +1808,7 @@ def discard(self):
 
     def info(self):
         """File information about this path"""
-        if "r" in self.mode:
+        if self.readable():
             return self.details
         else:
             raise ValueError("Info not available while writing")
@@ -1844,7 +1855,7 @@ def write(self, data):
         data: bytes
             Set of bytes to be written.
         """
-        if self.mode not in {"wb", "ab"}:
+        if not self.writable():
             raise ValueError("File not in write mode")
         if self.closed:
             raise ValueError("I/O operation on closed file.")
@@ -1877,7 +1888,7 @@ def flush(self, force=False):
         if force:
             self.forced = True
 
-        if self.mode not in {"wb", "ab"}:
+        if self.readable():
             # no-op to flush on read-mode
             return
 
@@ -2026,29 +2037,30 @@ def close(self):
             return
         if self.closed:
             return
-        if self.mode == "rb":
-            self.cache = None
-        else:
-            if not self.forced:
-                self.flush(force=True)
-
-            if self.fs is not None:
-                self.fs.invalidate_cache(self.path)
-                self.fs.invalidate_cache(self.fs._parent(self.path))
+        try:
+            if self.mode == "rb":
+                self.cache = None
+            else:
+                if not self.forced:
+                    self.flush(force=True)
 
-        self.closed = True
+                if self.fs is not None:
+                    self.fs.invalidate_cache(self.path)
+                    self.fs.invalidate_cache(self.fs._parent(self.path))
+        finally:
+            self.closed = True
 
     def readable(self):
         """Whether opened for reading"""
-        return self.mode == "rb" and not self.closed
+        return "r" in self.mode and not self.closed
 
     def seekable(self):
         """Whether is seekable (only in read mode)"""
         return self.readable()
 
     def writable(self):
         """Whether opened for writing"""
-        return self.mode in {"wb", "ab"} and not self.closed
+        return self.mode in {"wb", "ab", "xb"} and not self.closed
 
     def __del__(self):
         if not self.closed:

fsspec/tests/abstract/put.py

@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@ def test_put_directory_without_files_with_same_name_prefix(
         assert fs.isfile(fs_join(fs_target, "subdir", "subfile.txt"))
         assert fs.isfile(fs_join(fs_target, "subdir.txt"))
 
+    def test_pipe_exclusive(self, fs, fs_target):
+        fs.pipe_file(fs_target, b"data")
+        assert fs.cat_file(fs_target) == b"data"
+        with pytest.raises(FileExistsError):
+            fs.pipe_file(fs_target, b"data", mode="create")
+        fs.pipe_file(fs_target, b"new data", mode="overwrite")
+        assert fs.cat_file(fs_target) == b"new data"
+
     def test_copy_with_source_and_destination_as_list(
         self, fs, fs_target, fs_join, local_join, local_10_files_with_hashed_names
     ):