From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <200103132142.WAA17436@mother.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: zero fill the eof gap (complete patch)
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:42:56 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <3AAE27DD.8570.57C673@localhost> from "Mark E." at Mar 13, 2001 01:59:57 PM
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According to Mark E.:
> Index: include/libc/fd_props.h
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/djgpp/djgpp/include/libc/fd_props.h,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -c -p -r1.1 fd_props.h
> *** fd_props.h	2001/03/07 05:34:26	1.1
> --- fd_props.h	2001/03/13 18:47:06
> *************** extern "C" {
> *** 15,20 ****
> --- 15,24 ----
>   /* Delete file when the last descriptor referencing it is closed.  */
>   #define FILE_DESC_TEMPORARY 0x01
>   
> + /* Tell write and _write to test for file offset greater than EOF.  If so,
> +    they will fill the gap with zeroes.  */
> + #define FILE_DESC_FILL_TEST 0x02

Why is it called "FILE_DESC_FILL_TEST" (the TEST part)?


Right,

						MartinS