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Re: use result of open(2) to check for presence

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MWMorten Welinder <mwelinder@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 5, 2006, 16:45 UTC
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Config files always tend to grow, but I do agree that 4GB config files stretches credibility a bit.

However, empty ones are not unlikely and then mmap will fail.
M.
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