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SubjectRe: Synchronous signal delivery..
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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