read(): varblk tape records...

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Mon Mar 1 14:49:00 GMT 2004


On Mar  1 13:32, Jason Winter wrote:
> The NT API 'ReadFile' for reading variable block tape records indicates the 
> block length by returning only one full-block at a time (per read call) 
> which isn't being honored by CygWin's read() function.

???

> Can CygWin be changed to detect a *tape* read() call and not continue to 
> fill the user-buffer after the first ReadFile call returns?

I don't understand what you mean, sorry.

Corinna

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