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SubjectRe: RFC: BSD system call revoke?
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Bernhard Kaindl wrote:

> iŽve started a hopefully feasible linux implementation of a BSD
> system call.

I did one of these about a year ago, but it didn't seem to go
down too well.

> IŽve not approached it like this BSD manpage is describing it but it
> think it fulfills the requirements. BTW: It is not bound to devices,
> so it can also be used on regular files.

Ignoring the BSD semantics may make sense, but I do think that
obeying the 0-byte read and no error on close semantics are
worthwhile.

Matthew.


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