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Subject: Re: readv/writev
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
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Date: 27 Aug 2002 01:08:51 +1000
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On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 00:58, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> Right.  It basically breaks the way it's supposed to WORK.  This is a
> nonsensical suggestion.  Why do you think it is the way it is currently,
> Robert?  Textmode translations work on fd and they are supposed to work
> on fds.

As I said originally, I'd not done *any* research on which way non-text
aware applications used the IO calls. Corinna has already confirmed that
at least one core app (ash) needs text translation on fd's.

I'm not formally suggesting we change anything - only airing my
thoughts.

Rob


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