what about sendfile() for copying ? or rename() for moving a directory
tree ? if rename() can't do it, you're on different filesystems and that'd
require locking both. hairy..
> idea, i.e. doing things in atomic manner and without too many mode
> switches. In the same manner (assuming gzip is de-facto standard of
> compression, which it is) it would be nice to say sys_gzip("file",
that's why you have libraries. "nicety" has little to do with the kernel.
> program". One can treat khttpd as a "kernelspace application", perhaps a
> revolutionary and a unique (until all other vendors start shipping
that's why I suggested the "low latency services" as something between
kernel and userland, if this is deemed necessary.
/bjorn
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