Atomic transcript output file rewrites #5985
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Overview
@dolio recently had an "idemptotent" transcript file get wiped out because of a ctrl-c at a non-opportune moment.
This makes output-writing atomic on unix systems, and it should be slightly less likely to cause trouble on windows as well.
Implementation notes
Test coverage
Existing transcripts should serve as proof this is working.
I also tried making some transcript changes to ensure they took effect.