From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:39:16 GMT
Subject: Re: Clean up sha1 file writing
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606041136180.5498@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <4483259A.7090806@zytor.com>



On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> 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