Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!att!whuts!homxb!hropus!ki4pv!tanner From: tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: fcntl() versus ioctl() - yes! Summary: it seemed like a good idea at the time Keywords: FNDELAY Message-ID: <7039@ki4pv.uucp> Date: 18 Sep 88 01:26:54 GMT References: <1380@solo7.cs.vu.nl> <7034@ki4pv.uucp> <1407@solo12.cs.vu.nl> Organization: CompuData Inc., DeLand Lines: 12 In article <1407@solo12.cs.vu.nl>, maart@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. -- ...!bikini.cis.ufl.edu!ki4pv!tanner ...!bpa!cdin-1!cdis-1!ki4pv!tanner or... {allegra killer gatech!uflorida decvax!ucf-cs}!ki4pv!tanner