Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Apr 1999 23:45:07 -0700 (MST) | From | Vassili Leonov <> | Subject | What is the intended function of open() system call? |
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I was coding a driver and come to a realisation that open() system call is not a good place to prepare hardware for read or write operatioin, since dd for example uses RDWR mode to open of= device. And there is no warranty othewise. Generally, seems like this is a bug in Unix design, but maybe I do not understand something. Or maybe it's a long lining bug in dd...
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