Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 01:14:49 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net>, karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: truss, trace ?? Message-ID: <199701140114.BAA11572@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:10:39 MST." <199701132110.OAA28246@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Mikael Karpberg wrote:
> > > > Yeah, the cyclic file type is (stupidly) missing from unix.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Or? Am I completely off line here?
> >
> > No you aren't. I was thinking on it for years... but
> > not enough hacking skills to do it actually.
>
> Cyclic file types imply record orientation.
[.....]
Unless of course you don't mind having a truncated line at the start of your log ;)
This (IMHO) would be more "natural", 'cos there shouldn't be any "record" knowledge at that level.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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