Darren J Moffat wrote:

> The description of splice() sounds a lot like sendfile() and sendfilev()
> that we have in Solaris.


If you read further down, you will find that sendfile() is just
one possible use of splice(), which is socket <-> file.


>>         TransmitFile() man page from Winsock2, WIN32 SDK for Windows NT
> 
> That reference adds weight to the similarity.


This is the reference for sendfile(), not splice().


> I don't think sendfile is what was being proposed here though.


No, the splice() proposal is not just about sendfile().



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