Not exactly. But I assume that when you echo a > f cat f would yield a and I expect a file with reported size "0" to have 0 bytes on it when read.
That´s (file) decency for me. I know that most files do not have to behave that way, I´ve implemented some. But the point it that it´s been more than once that I had to determine if a file was "decent" or not. Isn´t this a real problem with a simple fix? Why shouldn´t this be addressed. I´d love to stand corrected, but I still think this is an actual problem. On 10/31/07, Charles Forsyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It´s "behaves like a file vs does not". > > > > ... But some files do not behave as files > > that description seems to assume that there is a real, proper, honest-to-God > file (you know, that has the decency to be located on a proper disc somewhere) > that defines the "expected" behaviour. > > a "file" in Plan 9 (or Inferno) is something you can name, open, and read and > (perhaps) write. > >
