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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by mkj on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:05AM (#13628147)
It's a command, not a syscall!
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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by quinnftw on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:15AM (#13628181)
Yes but mkfile uses syscalls to create and write to the file. With a smaller buffer more write syscalls are required to populate the file.
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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by Sharlin on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:16AM (#13628185)
The article doesn't make such a claim as far as I can see.
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Re:Mkfile(8) is severely syscall limited on OS X by mkj on Sunday February 12, 2017 @08:23AM (#13628208)
You're right, I misread. Sorry for the noise.
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