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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:45:36 -0500
- From: "Nicholas S Castellano" <entropy@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
- To: julian@GINA.UNI-MUENSTER.DE
- In-Reply-To: Julian F. Reschke's message of Wed, 27 Jan 93 13:36:27 MET DST <9301271236.AA15449@math.uni-muenster.de>
- Subject: utime()
-
- >Proposal: let's define a new opcode for Fcntl that basically implements
- >the POSIX utime() function. Advantages: no need for changes in the kernel.
-
- The behavior of Fcntl can't be changed without changing the kernel.
-
- >The library implementation for utime() could then do something like that:
- >
- >- setup the utimbuf struct
- >- if (MiNT_is_running): try the new Fcntl (check return for EINVFN)
- >- otherwise use Fdatime().
-
- Yes, it should do that...but it will need kernel support (which may
- already exist as far as I know).
-
- cheers,
- entropy
-