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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:29:28 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: _createnew
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Hello.

Martin Stromberg wrote:
> On the status page there's a bug on _createnew:
> _creatnew does not honour the flags passed to it - it always opens it
> read-write mode
> 
> Are you aware of that anamoly is actually documented in its info page.

No. But I am now. ;)
 
> Is it really necessary to do anything?
> 
> If we really think we should do something, how about this for
> implementation: set some fd_props to say that only reading is allowed
> (and if somebody reads there's nothing to read as it's empty).

I'm not sure I like that. Wouldn't it be better (more consistent) to rely on
DOS to maintain this information?
 
> Personally, I don't see the justification for the extra effort.

Maybe it should be priority 4?

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]