Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262925AbTKTWdR (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:33:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263014AbTKTWcU (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:32:20 -0500 Received: from AGrenoble-101-1-3-115.w193-253.abo.wanadoo.fr ([193.253.251.115]:8327 "EHLO awak") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263008AbTKTWcQ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:32:16 -0500 Subject: Re: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ?? From: Xavier Bestel To: Jesse Pollard Cc: Florian Weimer , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Daniel Gryniewicz , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <03112013081700.27566@tabby> References: <1068512710.722.161.camel@cube> <03111209360001.11900@tabby> <20031120172143.GA7390@deneb.enyo.de> <03112013081700.27566@tabby> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Message-Id: <1069367504.8945.55.camel@bip.parateam.prv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:31:45 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 853 Lines: 18 Le jeu 20/11/2003 ? 20:08, Jesse Pollard a ?crit : > 1. what happens if the copy is aborted? > 2. what happens if the network drops while the remote server continues? > 3. what about buffer synchronization? > 4. what errors should be reported ? > 5. what happens when the syscall is interupted? Especially if the remote > copy may take a while (I've seen some require an hour or more - worst > case: days due to a media error (completed after the disk was replaced)). > 6. what about a client opening the copy before it is finished copying? 7. How to report progress with your average file manager ? - 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/