Re: Improving the Unix API

1999-06-27 Thread Francois-Rene Rideau
On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 07:33:32PM -0400, der Mouse wrote: >> If you re-read the original message, the problem is what to do about >> processes with open file descriptors on the partition [...] > Yes, that's the most difficult part. [...] NetBSD manpage: > -f The filesystem is forcibly u

Re: Improving the Unix API

1999-06-27 Thread Francois-Rene Rideau
On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 07:33:32PM -0400, der Mouse wrote: >> If you re-read the original message, the problem is what to do about >> processes with open file descriptors on the partition [...] > Yes, that's the most difficult part. [...] NetBSD manpage: > -f The filesystem is forcibly un

Re: Improving the Unix API

1999-06-27 Thread Francois-Rene Rideau
On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 12:58:05PM -0400, der Mouse wrote: > As I think someone already mentioned, BSD has chflags(), [...] Yup. >> Robert had to hand-remove the immutable flag >> (I guess, by accessing the relevant block directly). > (clri didn't work?) Never heard about clri (was under Linux). A

Improving the Unix API

1999-06-27 Thread Francois-Rene Rideau
Improving the Unix Kernels' API A Kernel Discussion with Hacker Robert Ehrlich Summary: after a discussion with R.E., I submit a suggestion about improving the API of free Unices with useful features such as open(path,O_NULL); Dear Free *n*x Kernel Hackers, I've been

Improving the Unix API

1999-06-27 Thread Francois-Rene Rideau
Improving the Unix Kernels' API A Kernel Discussion with Hacker Robert Ehrlich Summary: after a discussion with R.E., I submit a suggestion about improving the API of free Unices with useful features such as open(path,O_NULL); Dear Free *n*x Kernel Hackers, I've been d