[9095] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.3P: write(2)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce R. Lewis)
Mon Mar 16 17:35:45 1992
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 92 17:35:30 EST
From: "Bruce R. Lewis" <brlewis@Athena.MIT.EDU>
System name: alewife
Type and version: KN01 7.3P
Display type: PMAX-MFB
What were you trying to do?
sigblock(sigmask(SIGPIPE));
What's wrong:
The Ultrix write(2) man page claims:
The write system call fails and the file pointer will remain unchanged,
if any of the following is true:
...
[EPIPE] An attempt was made to write to a pipe that is not open
for reading by any process.
In reality, the write() succeeds, and you get an EPIPE on the next
subsequent read().
What should have happened:
It would be very nice if write() worked as the man page claims
But if this is not possible, the man page should reflect reality.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
write(2)
