Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:03:45 -0700 | From | Zack Brown <> | Subject | Re: incompatible open modes |
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Hi John,
The best place to ask is on the linux-kernel mailing list (CCed).
Good luck, Zack
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:09:14PM -0400, Ata, John wrote: > Hi Zach, > > I don't know if you're the right contact... just wondered how I go about > getting information as to the intent of the Linux kernel... the manpage on > "open" states that if a file is opened "O_RDONLY|O_TRUNC", the O_TRUNC is > either ignored or an error is returned. The 2.4 kernel appears to > cheerfully truncate the file on open. I wondered which behavior is > actually intended. > > Thanks for your time... > > Take care, > ------ > John G. Ata > DigitalNet, LLC > XTS-400 Software Development > MailTo:John.Ata@DigitalNet.com > Phone:(703) 563-8092 > > O_TRUNC > If the file already exists and is a regular file and the > open > mode allows writing (i.e., is O_RDWR or O_WRONLY) it > will be > truncated to length 0. If the file is a FIFO or terminal > device > file, the O_TRUNC flag is ignored. Otherwise the > effect of > O_TRUNC is unspecified. (On many Linux versions it > will be > ignored; on other versions it will return an error.)
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