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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/full-write.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/full-write.c b/lib/full-write.c index 46d030b95..1e80b0a8a 100644 --- a/lib/full-write.c +++ b/lib/full-write.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts - Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ full_write (desc, ptr, len) while (len > 0) { int written = write (desc, ptr, len); + /* FIXME: write on my slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when + I try to write more data than there is room on a floppy disk. + This puts dd into an infinite loop. Reproduce with + dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. */ if (written < 0) { #ifdef EINTR |