Actually, more correctly, xrootd *does* allow overwrites. It&#39;s just the <br>
http option selection directs it not to.<br>
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Brian Bockelman wrote:<br>
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&gt; HTTP PUT is meant to be an idempotent operation:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PUT<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; That is, it should be possible to PUT multiple times against the same resource - i.e., it should allow overwrites.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Unfortunately, XRootD does not do this - it disallows overwrites.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Seems to be as simple as changing this line: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/blob/master/src/XrdHttp/XrdHttpReq.cc#L1093<br>
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