Peter Jeremy wrote:
On 2007-Jul-15 16:51:38 -0700, Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
void
closefrom(int lowfd)
{
fcntl(lowfd, F_CLOSEM, NULL);
}
what on earth would that achieve?
(as opposed to just a simple syscall)
The only benefit I can think of is minimising the number of syscalls.
Is there any other benefit?
I don't think so.. it's less efficient, and harder to do..
syscalls are not in short supply.
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