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Re: Linux ?= System-V ; BSD??



On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, guy keren wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, guy keren wrote:
> > 
> > > Linux has non-restarting system calls
> > 
> > Aiee. Linux socket calls are interruptable and WILL return an EINTR if
> > interrupted. 
> 
> i thought that was what i tried to say. in 'guy vocabulary',
> non-restarting means that if a signal is received the system is NOT
> restarted by the system automatically, rather it returns with an error
> message. am i missusing the term here?

Maybe I misunderstood it. I wouldn't know if you are misusing it ;) You
were right if you said they are interrupted and return EINTR when that
happens ;)

Peter