On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:27:02 EST erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: > > To be precise, both fds have their own pointer (or offset) > > and reading N bytes from some offset O must return the same > > bytes. > > wrong. /dev/random is my example.
You cut out the bit about buffering where I explained what I meant. As I said, those are the semantics I would choose so by definition it is not "wrong"! Though it may not do what you expect. As a matter of fact I do see a use case for /dev/random for getting repeatable random numbers! If you want an independet stream of random numbers, just open /dev/random again (or dup()), and not use fdfork().
