A question about read() system call!!

[Kartik Subbarao]

In article <1361 at anprda.atson.asahi-np.co.jp> akira at anprda.atson.asahi-np.co.jp (Akira Takiguchi) writes:

>>If the file is not open yet, you can specify the O_NDELAY option when you
>>open the file.
>
>     This has nothing to do with the problem.  It makes open(2) non-blocking
>but not read(2).

Not on all types of machines. From our open(2v) man page: (SunOS 4.1.1)

     If the O_NDELAY or O_NONBLOCK flag  is  set  on  a  call  to
     open(),   the  corresponding  flag  is  set  for  that  file
     descriptor (see fcntl(2V)) and subsequent reads  and  writes
     to   that  descriptor  will  not  block  (see  read(2V)  and
     write(2V)).


		-Kartik


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