Re: What is the intended function of open() system call?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:16:25 +0100 (BST)

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> dd for example uses RDWR mode to open of= device. And there is no warranty
> othewise. Generally, seems like this is a bug in Unix design, but maybe I
> do not understand something. Or maybe it's a long lining bug in dd...

That sounds like a bug in dd.

Alan

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