> Sorry, I was sure I remembered seeing some posts that indicated that direct_io
> ought to be avoided, but I'm having a hard time finding them now.

I think it was more like I didn't want people to use direct_io without
understanding what it does (side effects and all) *on Mac OS X*.

> Ah, this is what I'm not entirely pleased with.  I'd like for mmap to simply
> fail, rather than *almost* work.  Then, applications that try to detect 
> whether
> or not mmap is supported will be able to fall back on a reasonable substitute 
> if
> mmap is unavailable.
>
> (This can lead to file corruption in cases where the application hasn't been
> coded very carefully, too.)

Yes. You should file a bug with Apple--this is a generic issue, not
limited to MacFUSE.

Amit
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