From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:21:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:21:01 -0500 Received: from felix.convergence.de ([212.84.236.131]:63754 "EHLO convergence.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:20:52 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 15:20:23 +0100 From: Felix von Leitner To: Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Is sendfile all that sexy? Message-ID: <20010116152023.A32180@convergence.de> Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20010116114018.A28720@convergence.de> <20010116134737.A29366@convergence.de> <20010116144849.B19949@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20010116144849.B19949@pcep-jamie.cern.ch>; from lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:48:49PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thus spake Jamie Lokier (lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk): > You would need to use a new open() flag: O_ANYFD. > The requirement comes from this like this: > close (0); > close (1); > close (2); > open ("/dev/console", O_RDWR); > dup (); > dup (); So it's not actually part of POSIX, it's just to get around fixing legacy code? ;-) Felix - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/