Re: [PATCH COW] sys_copyfile

[Erik Mouw]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 11:20:45AM +0200, J?rn Engel wrote:
> Adds a new syscall, copyfile() which does as the name sais.

I think it's actually better to use sendfile() rather then creating a
new syscall:

  ssize_t sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, off_t *offset, size_t count)

In that way you can create the file in the usual way and copy the
contents with an already existing syscall.

IMHO sendfile() has been a wrong name in the first place, copyfd()
would have been better. Why limit it to network traffic only?


Erik

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