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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/full-write.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/full-write.c b/lib/full-write.c index ac27d6209..1feb2f743 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, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 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 @@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ full_write (int desc, const char *ptr, size_t len) while (len > 0) { int written = write (desc, ptr, len); - /* FIXME: write on my slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when + /* write on an old 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. */ + dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. If you have this problem, + consider upgrading to a newer kernel. */ if (written < 0) { #ifdef EINTR |