You said:
> The return code for unix system calls should be defined as "negative"
> for error, and not "-1".
I beg to differ because lseek(2) has the right to return negative offsets
on some implementations (of UNIX) on some architectures (notably i386).
So, if lseek(2) can do it then I'd check anything else for ret == -1 when
I write portable UNIX code.
Regards,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
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