Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!motcsd!hpda!hpcupt1!stratton From: stratton@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Jim Stratton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Are terminal writes atomic? Message-ID: <-286379999@hpcupt1.HP.COM> Date: 23 Sep 89 17:38:55 GMT Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 6 I have two processes doing simultaneous output to the same terminal using the write system call. Assume A does a write of 10 bytes while B does a write of 30 bytes. Can I be assured that A's and B's output will not be inter- mixed? I understand that for pipes, they won't be mixed. How about terminals? -- Jim Stratton hplabs.hp.com!hpcupt1!stratton