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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:26:07 -0700
From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] rc question
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erik quanstrom wrote:
> i think you're making this too complicated. you wouldn't want
> to use <> with a real file. a fileserver like ndb/dns often ignores seeks.
> why use a non-default file descriptor?
>
> why wouldn't this work?
>
> 	<> /net/dns { echo google.com ip >[1=0] ; cat}
>
> if you have a fileserver that does not ignore seeks, then this would work
>
> 	<> fspath { echo cmd ; syscall seek 0 0 0; cat}
>


actually, this also probably reads better in Martian :-)

ron