Date:	Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:31:29 -0500
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Subject:	Re: /dev/zero & /dev/full FSEXTs
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> Would an FSEXT hook for setmode() be useful?

Why?  Isn't the bin/text processing done in the layer above fsext?

> What do you think the behaviour for SEEK_CUR and SEEK_END should be?

It's not a real file, so you can't seek in it.  IMHO it should return
a "not a file" error.

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