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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Should writev(2) be avoided?
Keywords: writev
Message-ID: <10103@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 23 Apr 89 01:21:58 GMT
References: <462@front.se>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <462@front.se> zap@front.se (Svante Lindahl) writes:
>Is there a good reason to avoid the system call writev(2)?

Yes, its unavailability on most systems should be sufficient reason.