2 Sep
2014
2 Sep
'14
9:15 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:57:01AM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
# filedes = open( "/dev/net/harv",2 );
# if( filedes < 0 )
# printf(" harvard is dead");
# else
# while( (nbytes=read(filedes,buf,80)) > 0 )
# write( 0,buf,nbytes );
If only this code still worked on modern Unixes! The socket API is
fine, but there really was no need to break good old open, at least
for client-side operations. Plan 9 got it right here, as usual.
was this the impetus behind mount_portal in 4.4BSD? It's still
available in NetBSD, although I've never played with it myself.
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Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier(a)poofygoof.com