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Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 18:14:41 +0100
From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Why side-effects on open(2) are evil. (was Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup)
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On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 12:51:07PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
> clone(), walk(), clunk(), stat() and open() ;-) Basically, we can add
> unopened descriptors. I.e. no IO until you open it (turning the thing into
> opened one), but we can do lookups (move to child), we can clone and
> kill them and we can stat them.

Those who would like a more detailed explanation can find one at
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/man/5/INDEX.html

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