lvs@ndm20 (03/07/86)
Since I have no access to any UNIX source code, and this aspect is
not very well documented, I will ask "Those who know where from they speak".
The point in question is byte at a time disk i/o. Does it really work.
Can n processes be reading/writting from/to different bytes in the same
locality (block) without wiping each other out. In another guise, if you
set a file mode to "unbuffered", is it REALLY unbuffered to the point of
being able to write individual bytes without possibly stomping on another
process reading the byte next to it.
I would like information about as many different versions of UNIX as I can
get. Please mail to me directly, and I will summarize the relevant details.
If any are received.
Thanks in advance.
Larry V. Streepy Jr.
Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers
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