Re: Double buffered cp(1)

[Brian Beattie]

On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Michael Bacarella wrote:

> It seems silly to implement something as trivial and straightforward as
> copying a file in userland. The process designated to copy a file just
> sits in a tight loop invoking the read()/write() syscalls
> repeatedly. Since this operation is already system bound and very simple,
> what's the arguement against absorbing it into the kernel?
>

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