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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:06:30 -0800
From: Roman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9pfuse and O_APPEND
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On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:03 PM, ron minnich wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
>> I would just seek to the end.
>> That's fine unless you have multiple
>> programs writing O_APPEND simultaneously,
>> in which case you are asking for trouble.
>>
>
> yep. The code in nfs clients to support O_APPEND is a wonder to
> behold. A nicer combination of rubber bands and paper clips you never
> did see.

Its fun, yes. But I believe this is more of a testament to the
statelessness of the NFS
plus the fact that the "end of file" is not a well defined offset
(unlike beginning of
the file).

Thanks,
Roman.