Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264278AbTKKI6O (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 03:58:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264280AbTKKI6N (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 03:58:13 -0500 Received: from mail.enyo.de ([212.9.189.167]:23054 "EHLO mail.enyo.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264278AbTKKI6M (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 03:58:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:58:06 +0100 To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Daniel Gryniewicz , linux-kernel mailing list Subject: Re: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ?? Message-ID: <20031111085806.GC11435@deneb.enyo.de> References: <1068512710.722.161.camel@cube> <20031110205011.R10197@schatzie.adilger.int> <1068523406.4156.7.camel@localhost> <200311110414.hAB4EZA8007309@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20031110230055.S10197@schatzie.adilger.int> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031110230055.S10197@schatzie.adilger.int> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Florian Weimer Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 628 Lines: 15 Andreas Dilger wrote: > > This is fast turning into a creeping horror of aggregation. I defy anybody > > to create an API to cover all the options mentioned so far and *not* have it > > look like the process_clone horror we so roundly derided a few weeks ago. > > int sys_copy(int fd_src, int fd_dst) Doesn't work. You have to set the security attributes while you open fd_dst. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/