[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) writes: > Solaris allows read() on a directory,
Yes in some cases, but not always. It depends on the filesystem. > but you get the raw binary data. Reading by default here, though > possible, is probably not a good idea. I don't see why it's a bad idea. By default grep will output either 'Binary file matches' or nothing; sometimes this is useful information. It normally costs little to do the read. _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
