From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id p1NI23IU075300 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:02:04 -0600 Received: from Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 834B29F9D3F for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:04:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org (ishtar.tlinx.org [173.164.175.65]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id H3qOi7QeCY37RSrU for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:04:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D654C2E.2000703@tlinx.org> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:04:30 -0800 From: "Linda A. Walsh" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: write 'O_DIRECT' file w/odd amount of data: desirable result? 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