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To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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Subject: Re: read() and pread() syscalls
In-reply-to: Message from Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:02:10 -0700
From: John Milford <jwm@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>  wrote:

>     No.  This would screw up backwards compatibility and, besides,
>     read()'s semantics cannot be simulated with pread() because
>     read() updates the offset stored in the file descriptor and
>     pread() does not.
>
> 					    -Matt
>

	Sorry that slipped by me.  THanks for the quick reply.

		--John


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