Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 11:18:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH]device arguments from lookup) |
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On Sat, 19 May 2001, Abramo Bagnara wrote:
> Can't this easily avoided if the needed action is not > > < /dev/zero/start_nuclear_war > or > > /dev/zero/start_nuclear_war > > but > > echo "I'm evil" > /dev/zero/start_nuclear_war
Sure. And that's the right thing to do (not the implied action, that is - _that_ would be too messy).
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