On 8/4/06, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 16:16:07 -0700 > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > And return values. mkdir() can return EPERM/EEXIST/ENOMEM/etc. write() > > can just return 0. > > err, no. write() can return -EFOO if it didn't write anything. > > But what does it return if write(fd, "foo/bar/zot", 11) got EPERM on "bar"? > 2? 7? >
Under the API I was proposing, you'd write "zot" to "foo/bar/.create" in order to create "foo/bar/zot". So if you didn't have permissions on "bar" you'd get EPERM when you tried to open "foo/bar/.create". Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ ckrm-tech mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ckrm-tech