On 2025-02-21 09:33, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
Could Cygwin implement posix_fadvise()? Which Windows API would be
suitable to map posix_fadvise() functionality?
Could and does since 2006 (read commnets for details):
https://cygwin.com/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commitdiff;h=7636b58590621af3c341c3eb37a017e0e6598d3f
See also Cygwin packages man-pages-posix posix_fadvise(3p) and man-pages-linux
posix_fadvise(2).
Windows:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilea?redirectedfrom=MSDN#caching_behavior
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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