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From: cheriton@PESCADERO.STANFORD.EDU (David Cheriton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.v
Subject: Re:  RETRY Reply code
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Date: 7 Dec 88 23:32:45 GMT
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RETRY is supposed to only be used by a server when the server protocol
defines a sensible client action.  So, the I/O protocol defines that
the server can respond with a RETRY and an indication of the bytes read
or written.  The client is supposed to reissue the operation for the
remaining bytes to read or write.
  Thus, one should not have to anticipate receiving a RETRY in response to
an arbitrary Send.