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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 21:24:18 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: dup(), dup2() and FSEXTs
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> These changes are not in CVS because (IIRC) the discussion raised some
> issues which were not resolved.
> 
> dup and dup2 are special because FSEXT machinery itself uses dup, and it
> needs it to be the _real_ dup.  In addition, again IIRC, there was
> uncertainty as to what would a user want to accomplish by hooking a dup
> call.

I think the functionality of dup() can be emulated using the F_DUPFD
anyway. I'll play around with that instead.

> I believe you should be able to see all the deliberations in the mail
> archives on DJ's server.  We can discuss this again, if something is
> unclear.

Yes, I read the deliberations before I posted. I was just wondering if any
off-list progress had been made.

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe
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