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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-05-01 14:40:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-05-01 14:40:08 +0000 |
| commit | 18449184812052eac4eb70758a93076ce3dcdf89 (patch) | |
| tree | 2bf7ab34fa660cfe9af4d5184bd839021240fe04 /lib/full-write.c | |
| parent | 015ad0a983af7c7769b91b5a85ae2b53e9a5a21d (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-18449184812052eac4eb70758a93076ce3dcdf89.tar.gz | |
(full_write): Remove `FIXME' part of comment.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/full-write.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/full-write.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/full-write.c b/lib/full-write.c index ac27d62095..1feb2f7431 100644 --- a/lib/full-write.c +++ b/lib/full-write.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts - Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ full_write (int desc, const char *ptr, size_t len) while (len > 0) { int written = write (desc, ptr, len); - /* FIXME: write on my slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when + /* write on an old Slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when I try to write more data than there is room on a floppy disk. This puts dd into an infinite loop. Reproduce with - dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. */ + dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. If you have this problem, + consider upgrading to a newer kernel. */ if (written < 0) { #ifdef EINTR |