Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 18:43:37 +0200 (EET) From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: truss, trace ?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970114184300.860c-100000@trifork.gu.net> In-Reply-To: <199701140114.BAA11572@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > > 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 ;) As for me, I don't. > > This (IMHO) would be more "natural", 'cos there shouldn't be any "record" knowledge at that level. > Agreed. Best regards, Andrew Stesin nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE
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