Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:25:48 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Synchronous signal delivery.. |
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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Paul P Komkoff Jr wrote:
> Replying to Linus Torvalds: > > It's a generic "synchronous signal delivery" method, and it uses a > > perfectly regular file descriptor to deliver an arbitrary set of signals > > that are pending. > > The one functionality I miss way too much in linux (comparing to win32) is > FindFirstChangeNotification and ReadDirectoryChangesW thing. >
But they are __not__ kernel functions! They are part of the "window" (basically a shell). All the stuff necessary to implement that on a Unix/Linux system already exists, and has existed since the birth of Unix, circa 1970.
... and if it were necessary to be implemented, it WouldNeverHaveSuchAGoddamnLongFunctionName(ever);
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.
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