Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:02:10 -0700 From: John Milford <jwm@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: read() and pread() syscalls Message-ID: <199904120002.RAA15550@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: Message from Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> of "Sun, 11 Apr 1999 16:33:35 PDT." <199904112333.QAA08352@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote: > No. This would screw up backwards compatibility and, besides, > read()'s semantics cannot be simulated with pread() because > read() updates the offset stored in the file descriptor and > pread() does not. > > -Matt > Sorry that slipped by me. THanks for the quick reply. --John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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