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Re: read() returns positive numbers in BSD systems, which make: bash / v
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: read() returns positive numbers in BSD systems, which make: bash / valid. |
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Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:07:29 -0400 |
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On 4/17/15 2:43 PM, Eduardo A. Bustamante López wrote:
> In the BSDs, doing a read on a directory doesn't return a negative value.
Thanks for the investigation and report.
Chet
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