Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 22:02:38 -0400 From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: lcs.mit.edu!wollman@dg-rtp.dg.com, lyndon@orthanc.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: getbootfile() Message-ID: <199510100202.WAA01689@lakes>
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> > <<On Sat, 07 Oct 1995 19:29:35 -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP <lyndon@orthanc.com> said: > > > FreeBSD I can't see how it would be generally useful. Not having > > copies of the relevent POSIX standards at hand I'm curious as to > > how this information can be obtained portably (if at all). > > POSIX does not make any guarantees that there even is such a thing as > a file that has the kernel in it. POSIX doesn't even guarantee that > there is a `kernel' at all. Particularly true for the MVS (IBM 370) POSIX system; if you want to figure out just what POSIX allows to be missing - try writing a program there! - Dave Rivers -
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