On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 05:22:26PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 2.22-1 > > /usr/share/man/man2/open.2.gz has (under O_NONBLOCK): > "This mode need not have any effect on files other than FIFOs." This probably means "Use of O_NONBLOCK on an arbitrary system isn't allowed to assume that it will have any effect."
See, for example, </usr/share/doc/susv3/susv3/functions/open.html>, which says that behaviour of O_NONBLOCK is unspecified for normal files. That it is implemented and useful on Linux is just a nicety :) Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
