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From: istvan@hhb.UUCP (Istvan Mohos)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Reserving Space on Disk
Keywords: File System
Message-ID: <565@hhb.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 90 12:47:32 GMT
Organization: HHB Systems, Mawah, NJ
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cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
:istvan@hhb.UUCP (Istvan Mohos) writes:
:>    if (write (fd, malloc(FOURMEG), FOURMEG) != FOURMEG)
:>        perror("malloc or write error"), exit (1);
:
:While I know this is just an example & is not intended to be a 
:suggestion of what to do, I just have to comment on it to ensure 
:that some impressionable engineer doesn't think this is a 
:good thing to do.

The original question from markd@silogic.UUCP (Mark DiVecchio)
produced no net responses for a week; just thought I'd stick a
twig of controversy into the flames and watch the sparks fly :-)

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