Re: fadvise syscall?

[Jan Hudec]

> It is easier for application writers to code:
> 
> [...]
> #ifdef HAVE_FADVISE
> 	(void)fadvise(fd, FADV_STREAMING);
> #endif
> [...]
> 
> Than to have a forest of #ifdefs to determine which O_* flags are
> supported. After all, we still want our programs to run under Solaris. :-)

#ifndef O_STREAMING
#define O_STREAMING 0
#endif
(and then just use the flag in open)

is still better - it can be done in a header somewhere, once for all opens.

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