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SubjectRe: OT: why no file copy() libc/syscall ??
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 23:03:26 EST, Daniel Gryniewicz said:

> Plus a sys_copy() syscall could be used as a generic way for filesystems
> to set up Copy-on-Write. Right now, you'd need to have userspace call
> sys-reiser4 or something like that.

This is fast turning into a creeping horror of aggregation. I defy anybody
to create an API to cover all the options mentioned so far and *not* have it
look like the process_clone horror we so roundly derided a few weeks ago.
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