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From: "Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] revoke/frevoke system calls V2
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:13:13 -0700
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On 7/27/06, Pekka J Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Sure. Though I wonder if sys_frevoke is enough for us and we can drop
> sys_revoke completely.

No, you want sys_revoke/sys_revokeat.  Simplest case: /dev/rst0 vs
/dev/nrst0.  You don't want the open rewind the drive.