This would only apply to read-only access of existing files, obviously,
and lacking enough memory, the OS would just ignore the flag an
do a normal open. Given how often software processes a file in
exactly this way, it seems like an opportunity to let the programmer
help the OS perform an optimization.
I've tried to find an example of this being tried in an OS, but come up
empty. It's such a simple idea that I have to believe it's been looked at
before.
Lou
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