/* 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
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