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From: "Tom Duff" <td@pixar.com>
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In-Reply-To: Wladimir Mutel <mwg@alkar.net>
        "Re: [9fans] AFS-client for Plan9 - ?" (Nov 14,  9:58am)
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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] AFS-client for Plan9 - ?
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:33:47 -0800
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Wladimir Mutel <mwg@alkar.net> wrote:
> If the local machine crashes or an application program exits without
> issuing the close system call, it is possible that
> the modifications are not recorded in the central copy of the file
> maintained by the File Server.

I'm confused.  UNIX applications can't exit without issuing the
close system call.  The exit system call internally calls out
to close for each open file.  Unless some numskull changed it
since the last time I had my fingers in it.  (They've had plenty
of opportunity -- I haven't touched a non-BSD UNIX kernel in many
years.)

-- 
Tom Duff.  If all else fails, make it up.