Re: lseek("/dev/hda1", 0, SEEK_END) returns 0

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:54:13 +0000 (GMT)

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> I would like to ask you if the lseek with SEEK_END and offset of 0
> should return 0
> when used on raw devices like hard disk or cdrom.

Its not defined for them

> By example Solaris 2.5 returns the correct length of partiton but Linux
> 2.0 returns 0.

2.5 doesnt - try it on an 8Gig partition...

Alan

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