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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 18:18:21 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: New POSIX: pwrite, revision 3 [PATCH]
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Hello.

DJ Delorie wrote:
> What about pwrite() working for character devices?  Won't the first
> llseek fail, causing the whole pwrite() to fail?

The test program seems to work fine, when it uses pwrite with stdout & stderr.
I've tested that with and without redirection (both > and | redirection). I
haven't tested other character devices.

Bye, Rich =]

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