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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:16:53 +1100
From: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
To: Lee Chin <leechinus@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: sendfile from sockets
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> Although the man page says you can sendfile from a
> socket,I am unable to do so... I can only send file
> from a file, to either a socket or file
> 
> Is this a kernel limitation?

Yes, the manpage needs updating, you can only sendfile() from
something that exists in the pagecache (ie not a socket).

Anton
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