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Subject: Re: Vax C V2.0 open bug
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 04:12:32 EST
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> > Any program that relies on getting a particular file descriptor at a
> > particular point in its execution is broken.  ...
> 
> Well, the fact remains that the semantics that you get the
> *lowest free* file descriptor is *documented* in every Unix
> Programming Manual (at least all that I have come across...),

I have two versions of Unix Programmer's Manuals; one is the 4th
Berkeley Distribution, and the other is from Fortune Systems (For:Pro
is the name they use for their port of Unix).  The rule you cite is
not mentioned in the description of the open system call (vol 1, open(2)).
Where, precisely (version, volume, section, page), have you seen this
rule documented?  And how, in general, does one know where to look?

Gary Samuelson