fcntl() versus ioctl() - yes!

[Dr. T. Andrews]

In article <1407 at solo12.cs.vu.nl>, maart at cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
) Aha! And where's the expected next statement: why has fcntl() been
) invented in the first place?

Well, that's a good question.  Brief (nay, superficial) examination
of the manual gives no clue.

My suspicion is that it seemed to someone like a good idea at the
time.
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