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From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
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Subject: Re: 2.4 sendfile() not doing as manpage promises?
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On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:36:23PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> DESCRIPTION
>        This call copies data  between  one  file  descriptor  and
>        another.   Either  or  both  of these file descriptors may
>        refer to a socket.  in_fd  should  be  a  file  descriptor
>        opened  for  reading  and  out_fd  should  be a descriptor
>        opened for writing.
> 
> If that is incorrect, then editing a private copy of the manpage,
> as Dan Hollis, or the distributor from whom he got his page,
> seems to have done, does not suffice to change the manpage distribution.

Improved attempt:

DESCRIPTION 
	This call copies data between one file descriptor and another.  The
	descriptor from which data is read cannot be a socket but must
	correspond to a file which supports mmap()-like operations. in_fd
	should be a filedescriptor opened for reading and out_fd should be a
	descriptor opened for writing. Because this copying is done within
	the kernel, sendfile() does not need to spend time transfering data
	to and from userspace.

Regards,

bert hubert

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