Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:42:47 -0400
From: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
To: RAMON_GARCIA_F <RAMON_GARCIA_F@terra.es>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Suggestion for a new system call: convert file handle to a cookie for transfering file handles between processes.
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 11:49:15AM +0200, RAMON_GARCIA_F wrote:
> Although it is posible to use unix sockets, my proposal
> integrates better with shell scripts.

How?

Whether you put magic into the kernel, or you build a user space server,
the interface can be the exact same. I don't buy the 'integrates better'
argument.

It looks like you want simpler code in user space, at the cost of
complicating the kernel, for a feature that will be not be used very
frequently at all. Is this not correct?

mark

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