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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:02:25 -0600
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: sthaug@nethelp.no, nathan@rtfm.net
Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: O_SYNC
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In the last episode (Nov 10), sthaug@nethelp.no said:
> > > Yes, however every other OS defines it at "O_SYNC" why are we different?
> > > or, if there is a reason, why isn't there a compatibility #define?
> > >
> > > can someone check this on netbsd/open bsd/os ? is it bsd or us?
> >
> > NetBSD 1.3.2:
> > fcntl.h:92:#define O_SYNC 0x0080 /* synchronous writes */
> > fcntl.h:127:#define FFSYNC O_SYNC /* kernel */
> > fcntl.h:129:#define O_FSYNC O_SYNC /* compat */
>
> BSD/OS 3.1 fcntl.h:
>
> #define O_FSYNC 0x0080 /* synchronous writes */
> #define FFSYNC O_FSYNC /* kernel */
It's O_SYNC on Dec OSF/1, SCO Open Server, and SunOS too.
-Dan Nelson
dnelson@emsphone.com
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