Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov> writes:
> > Why would extra flags to open()/fcntl(F_[GS]ETFL,...) be the wrong
> > thing?
> 
> fcntl maybe....

Why not open as well?  I mean, right now it looks like the flags
settable with fcntl(F_SETFL,...) can all be specified at open-time as
well.

If the user knows they want an altnerate mode, why do they have to
make two calls?


> Well, since I'd be the one to pass it around, it's interesting to me. ;-)
> This interface makes the application programmer do most all of the work.

Is it actually much work to do it via open/fcntl flags?



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