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Date:      Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:06:35 -0500
From:      marius aamodt eriksen <marius@monkey.org>
To:        Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
Cc:        Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: kqueue, NOTE_EOF
Message-ID:  <20031112190635.GE2942@monkey.org>
In-Reply-To: <777AA90C-1542-11D8-9DA8-000A957650EC@wasabisystems.com>
References:  <20031110174109.GA13852@monkey.org> <200311120858.hAC8wFfg001905@s102-n054.tele2.cz> <20031112172750.GB14368@netbsd.org> <20031112184042.GC2942@monkey.org> <A6E3417C-1541-11D8-9DA8-000A957650EC@wasabisystems.com> <20031112185738.GD2942@monkey.org> <777AA90C-1542-11D8-9DA8-000A957650EC@wasabisystems.com>

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* Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> [031112 14:00]:

> On Nov 12, 2003, at 10:57 AM, marius aamodt eriksen wrote:
> 
> >right - the idea was to preserve existing semantics, while leaving the
> >poll-like semantics optional.
> 
> I'm not sure the "existing semantics" are anything more than a bug that 
> should be fixed.

this behavior is useful in, for example,

   "tail -f"

marius.

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marius a eriksen <marius@monkey.org> | http://monkey.org/~marius/



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