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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] seeking for the truth
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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 05:47:04 +0100
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> > I'm not sure I like getting rid of it;  I feel like buffers ought to
> > have a cheap way to ask how full they are.
>
> stat is no cheaper than read.

ls -l and others use stat, not read.