On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Richard J Moore wrote:
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> On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>:
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> > s/ioctl/read() and write()/, please.
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> Why not ioctl?
Because use of read() and write() forces at least some thinking about
making the API you add reasonably clean - ioctl() is "anything goes"
junkpile by design.
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