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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:33:35 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9pfuse and O_APPEND
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> That's fair. But let me flip a question then, a bit: what do you all use
> DMAPPEND for? What's are the examples of the most appropriate
> usage for it in existing Plan9 software?

i think log files are the cannonical use of append-only files.
mbox style mailboxes also use append-only sematics for delivery
but do other things when deleting mail.  i can't think of any other
examples.

- erik