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Subject: Re: new install(1) utility
To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 16:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
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> I wonder if this is the case for non-x86 machines as well, since I
> suspect memcpy() uses the fast string routines available on x86
> machines.

The trick is that you use page-faults instead of read() to get to the
file.


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