On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 17:43:25 +0200 Irek Szczesniak wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > this will be in the next alpha as > > /dev/fcntl@... > > because it works on all types of paths, even /dev/fd > > > > the patch happened quickly because the background work in pathdev() and > > syscall restart intercepts (both part of the stability/debugging flurry > > this summer) > > were already in place > > > > it handles relative paths like this > > /dev/fcntl@direct/./file_in_pwd
> I don't like the name. It implies that all fcntl operations are > possible which is not the case. For example, how do you pass the > return value of fcntl() back to the user and what does it mean? How do > you implement locks, shares, leases with /dev/fcntl? The name is > misleading. fair enough how about "oflags" _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
