On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 08:10:06PM -0500, Mouse wrote: > > It is possible for write() calls to fail partway through, after > > already having written some data. > > It is. As you note later, it's also possible for read(). > > The rightest thing to do, it seems to me, would be to return the error > indication along with how much was successfully written (or read). But > that, of course, requires a completely new API, which I gather is more > intrusive than you want to get into here.
I think it could be done with a signal in combination with the existing API. Thor
