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Re: read(): varblk tape records...
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 15:49:30 +0100
- Subject: Re: read(): varblk tape records...
- References: <Sea2-F58zPZrIkyPzGN0002760a@hotmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mar 1 13:32, Jason Winter wrote:
> The NT API 'ReadFile' for reading variable block tape records indicates the
> block length by returning only one full-block at a time (per read call)
> which isn't being honored by CygWin's read() function.
???
> Can CygWin be changed to detect a *tape* read() call and not continue to
> fill the user-buffer after the first ReadFile call returns?
I don't understand what you mean, sorry.
Corinna
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