Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262738AbTKVTve (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:51:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262746AbTKVTve (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:51:34 -0500 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:42424 "EHLO mail.shareable.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262738AbTKVTvd (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:51:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 19:50:52 +0000 From: Jamie Lokier To: Pavel Machek Cc: Timothy Miller , Andreas Dilger , Justin Cormack , Jesse Pollard , linux-kernel mailing list Subject: Re: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ?? Message-ID: <20031122195052.GA17077@mail.shareable.org> References: <1068512710.722.161.camel@cube> <03111209360001.11900@tabby> <20031120172143.GA7390@deneb.enyo.de> <03112013081700.27566@tabby> <1069357453.26642.93.camel@lotte.street-vision.com> <3FBD27A0.50803@techsource.com> <20031120140739.I20568@schatzie.adilger.int> <3FBD328C.1070607@techsource.com> <20031122145031.GA189@elf.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031122145031.GA189@elf.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 590 Lines: 15 Pavel Machek wrote: > > It is, though. If you run out of space copying a file, you know it when > > you're copying. Applications don't usually expect to get out-of-space > > errors while overwriting something in the middle of a file. > > Same can happen on compressed filesystem... Or a filesystem with snapshots, e.g. using LVM. -- Jamie - 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/