Re: SEEK_HOLE at EOF

From: Rick Macklem <rick.macklem_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 14:26:33 UTC 
On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 7:18 AM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
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> alan somers writes:
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> > The draft spec specifically says "all seekable files shall have a virtual hole
> > starting at the current size of the file".
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> I have never subscribed to the notion that people standardizing C and UNIX were
> particular competent, so that carries no water with me.
Sure, but choosing to be non-conformant just creates portability problems.

rick

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