X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Ffull-write.c;h=1feb2f7431145cb011b811db7a3ae8b25f4650f2;hb=607bcdf5ffd953cb80ba60808242284c14090490;hp=ac27d620959ccea364e9af36028c4f9342eb3a7f;hpb=6db73c8381afff328adf65c28747e56a9162e83b;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/lib/full-write.c b/lib/full-write.c index ac27d6209..1feb2f743 100644 --- a/lib/full-write.c +++ b/lib/full-write.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* full-write.c -- an interface to write that retries after interrupts - Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ full_write (int desc, const char *ptr, size_t len) while (len > 0) { int written = write (desc, ptr, len); - /* FIXME: write on my slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when + /* write on an old Slackware Linux 1.2.13 returns zero when I try to write more data than there is room on a floppy disk. This puts dd into an infinite loop. Reproduce with - dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. */ + dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0. If you have this problem, + consider upgrading to a newer kernel. */ if (written < 0) { #ifdef EINTR