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Re: Clean up sha1 file writing

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jun 4, 2006, 18:39 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0606041136180.5498@g5.osdl.org>
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On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
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> 
> Or if you're getting a SIGWINCH in the middle of it.
> 
> Any POSIX system will interrupt the transfer and return a short read on
> receiving a signal.

Only for interruptible fd's, though, which normally a real "file" won't be.

		Linus
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  3. Linus TorvaldsMay 24, 2006
  4. H. Peter AnvinJun 2, 2006
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