linux-kernel - Re: splice vs O

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Date:	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:30:01 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: splice vs O_APPEND

Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> writes:

> pwrite() for example honors O_APPEND and ignores the position, AFAICS.

If it does, then it violates POSIX (see
<http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_325.txt>, where the
behavior of pwrite with O_APPEND is clarified).

Andreas.

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