[ On , July 28, 2000 at 13:12:54 (-0700), Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote: ]
> Subject: mmap (was Re: bin/10625: /usr/bin/cmp)
>
> Currently mmap() doesn't know how to extend a file.  So even if one
> mmaps in extra space at the end of a file, one gets a SIGBUS if one
> tries to write to it.  

Perhaps mmap() shouldn't be used to write to files.  Indeed this is yet
another reason why use of mmap() should normally be hidden away in a
more generic library interface where its idiosyncracies can be carefully
coded around once.

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