On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:59:23 -0600 Adam Thornton said: > >I suggest that everyone interested in this discussion read ESR's new >_The Art of Unix Programming_, and not just because I got him to change >something on page 4 that will bring great glee to the members of this >list. In fact, the very problem we're discussing is right there on p.
Very nice. (It's available as a sample page on Amazon) >471: "20.3.7 ioctl(2) and fcntl(2) Are an Embarrassment", augmented on >p. 472, "20.3.10 File Systems Might Be Considred Harmful". ESR seems to >be a fan of the Plan 9 Approach (which DB is advocating here). > >Adam /ahw
