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From: michael@stb.uucp (Michael Gersten)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: O_DIRECT
Message-ID: <1989Dec26.161501.3689@stb.uucp>
Date: 26 Dec 89 16:15:01 GMT
Reply-To: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael Gersten)
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What is "Direct I/O"? The comment in fcntl.h for O_DIRECT says that
it is direct i/o, but gives no definition of it.

Is this something that is guaranteed not to be buffered by the o/s?
If so, it is just what I've been looking for.

			Michael