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    SubjectRe: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
    On Sat, 04 Feb 2006, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:

    > And, if we are here, what's wrong with hald using O_EXCL to not
    > interrupt any other program (does hald need to check the media
    > if it's in use)? I assume the problem wouldn't exist with hald
    > using O_EXCL and cdrecord not (yet) using it, would it?

    Let me throw in a stupid question: Is O_EXCL cooperative, in that other
    access is only blocked if both tasks use open(...O_EXCL...)?

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    Matthias Andree
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