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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
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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.
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