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On Oct 13, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Bill Studenmund wrote:

>> I'd rather a different ioctl (since FIONWRITE seems to exist on other
>> platforms), say FIONSPACE, which return the amount of output that can 
>> be
>> accepted without forcing the writer to block.
>
> As I said in another message, I wouldn't mind having that call too, 
> though
> that one has questionable semantics for a file.

I originally suggested FIONSPACE (by a different name) to Bill, but he 
persuaded me on FIONWRITE because of the semantics of regular files.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>


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