Re: Need some advice regarding portable user IDs

1999-08-24 Thread Neil A. Carson
ext2fs in Linux already has some support for mount downgrading or forcable unomunting (maybe) in the case of an FS error. For something like a floppy, it ought to be possible to force-unmount the disc in the event of a metadata error. Neil To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL

Re: Need some advice regarding portable user IDs

1999-08-24 Thread Neil A. Carson
ext2fs in Linux already has some support for mount downgrading or forcable unomunting (maybe) in the case of an FS error. For something like a floppy, it ought to be possible to force-unmount the disc in the event of a metadata error. Neil To Unsubscribe: send mail to

Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)

1999-07-13 Thread Neil A. Carson
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: This is an excellent example of a solution. Another example would be to implement your own memory management subsystem... that is, your own shared library which keeps track of memory allocations on a global basis. I could do one in

Re: Replacement for grep(1) (part 2)

1999-07-13 Thread Neil A. Carson
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: This is an excellent example of a solution. Another example would be to implement your own memory management subsystem... that is, your own shared library which keeps track of memory allocations on a global basis. I could do one in