Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!infmx!aland
From: aland@infmx.UUCP (Colonel Panic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: SYNC or swim  (was Re: ??)
Summary: oh, sink!     O_SYNC or O_WSYNC ?
Keywords: O_SYNC
Message-ID: <4531@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 90 08:42:56 GMT
References: <1990Jun14.050631.8587@hub.cs.jmu.edu>
Reply-To: aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney)
Organization: INFORMIX Professional Services ("Peace thru Normalization")
Lines: 21

In article <1990Jun14.050631.8587@hub.cs.jmu.edu> arch@hub.cs.jmu.edu (Arch Harris) writes:
>
>In response to an earlier article (I don't know the "subject"),
>there is a bug in the XENIX emulator for SCO UNIX.  Programs which
>open for reading and/or writing with O_SYNC set will not work.
>SCO has been notified of the bug, they have acknowledged it, and
>presumable they are working on a bug fix.
>    Arch Harris                 arch@hub.cs.JMU.EDU (134.126.20.10)

I thought that in XENIX, the flag in question was known as "O_WSYNC".

My understanding is that O_SYNC is unique to System V, Release
2.something or 3 and higher...  and that it never existed in XENIX.

Are we talking about two different things, or was that a typo?

--
Alan Denney # Informix # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland

 "She makes champagne out of 7-Up and cheap wine -- a Chemist."
                                   "Earth to Doris",   Was (Not Was)