Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:05:06 -0500 | From | "David L. Parsley" <> | Subject | Re: Is sendfile all that sexy? |
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Felix von Leitner wrote: > > close (0); > > close (1); > > close (2); > > open ("/dev/console", O_RDWR); > > dup (); > > dup (); > > So it's not actually part of POSIX, it's just to get around fixing > legacy code? ;-)
This makes me wonder...
If the kernel only kept a queue of the three smallest unused fd's, and when the queue emptied handed out whatever it liked, how many things would break? I suspect this would cover a lot of bases...
<dons flameproof underwear>
regards, David
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