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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:25:48 -0500 (EST)
From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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To: Paul P Komkoff Jr <i@stingr.net>
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Subject: Re: Synchronous signal delivery..
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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Paul P Komkoff Jr wrote:

> Replying to Linus Torvalds:
> > It's a generic "synchronous signal delivery" method, and it uses a
> > perfectly regular file descriptor to deliver an arbitrary set of signals
> > that are pending.
> 
> The one functionality I miss way too much in linux (comparing to win32) is
> FindFirstChangeNotification and ReadDirectoryChangesW thing.
> 

But they are __not__ kernel functions!  They are part of the "window"
(basically a shell). All the stuff necessary to implement that
on a Unix/Linux system already exists, and has existed since the
birth of Unix, circa 1970.

... and if it were necessary to be implemented, it
       WouldNeverHaveSuchAGoddamnLongFunctionName(ever);


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.


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