[comp.unix.wizards] Should writev

zap@front.se (Svante Lindahl) (04/21/89)

Is there a good reason to avoid the system call writev(2)?
The reason I ask is, I've never seen it in any code, but I
think it would be useful for something I'm writing now.

If writev is BSD only (is it?), that's not a big problem, it
can be emulated well enough for my needs should the code need
to be moved to a non-BSD derived environment. Will writev be
in SysVr4? If it wouln't, will Sun still keep it?

Thanks,
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gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (04/23/89)

In article <462@front.se> zap@front.se (Svante Lindahl) writes:
>Is there a good reason to avoid the system call writev(2)?

Yes, its unavailability on most systems should be sufficient reason.