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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: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:30:52 +0100
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> wouldn't it be more appropriate to have it available
> in another file (e.g. status)?

no, we already have the length and i think it should
indicate the amount of readable data (like a real
file) on pipes and network connections and other
'synthetic' files, if that information is available.