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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: pty bugs & features
Message-ID: <3963@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 27 Aug 90 17:48:21 GMT
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>>Why do stream's dump their buffers when the writer closes?
>
>They're not supposed to; do they really do that?

If by "dump their buffers" the original poster meant "throws data away
if it isn't sent downstream in 15 seconds", the answer is "yes, they
really do that".