Re: [MiNT] ftruncate

[Standa Opichal <opichals@seznam.cz>]

Hi Frank!

Frank Naumann wrote:
> Hello!
>
> > > This is IMHO mandatory for all filesystem drivers.
> >
> > In your humble opinion?
>
> What do you want from me? I don't wanted to criticize you. This is my 
> own experience on developing xfs drivers. 

Hey, no offense. I was just a bit surprised that you don't know that 
exactly. This was the reason of that question that seemed offensive.

> Without FTRUNCATE you miss 
> some unix compatibility that is required by some tools. For such 
> interfaces that grow over time you always have the problem that not all 
> things are 100% exactly documented. Especially for interfaces that are 
> used by only 2-3 people.

Yes, sure. But I thought you know it precisely. It is an English problem.

> > Hmm. I didn't succeed to find any statements about which Fscntl and 
> > Dcntl opcodes are optional and which is required. Do we have any 
> > documentation on this?
>
> Not really. It's a documentation that is not really useful for almost 
> all people that use FreeMiNT. I can write one specially for you if you 
> like (this docu will then state that FTRUNCATE is mandatory). You can 
> also ask me (that is much better as it don't cost so much time as 
> writing docu).

Well, now I don't need to get that as I got that info already. ;)
But perhaps a list of mandatory things would be good to have for all the 
filesystem implementors.

Please anybody, read my mails in positive way. I don't try to make any 
offense to anyone. Try to analyze my poor English so that you find valid 
questions that does not insult anyone. Don't get me wrong.

BTW: Yes, Frank I owe the Fchmod16() documentation to the FreeMiNT 
comunity. Could you tell me which file am I supposed to write it to?

best regards

STan