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Date: Sat,  5 Dec 2009 19:10:32 +1100
From: Sam Watkins <sam@nipl.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ideas for helpful system io functions
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> the standard way of passing file descriptors is by fork/exec.
> this allows security is handled by the normal means.

Erik/others, would you please give some feedback on my idea (a join call which
connects two fds together and disowns them from the process).  Passing fds
around does not solve the same problems and has nothing to do with what I
suggested.

Perhaps this list is not the right place to air "new" or different ideas
related to the implementation of operating systems?

Sam