[TUHS] mmap, was SCCS, TeamWare, BitKeeper, and Git

John Levine johnl at taugh.com
Tue Dec 17 08:43:31 AEST 2024


It appears that Chet Ramey via TUHS <chet.ramey at case.edu> said:
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>On 12/16/24 2:08 PM, John Levine wrote:
>> It appears that Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu> said:
>>> [Weasel words of my own: I have not read the POSIX definition of mmap.]
>> 
>> We're in luck, I have it right here. On pages 529-530:
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>Here are the current (POSIX.1-2024) versions of the appropriate definitions
>and the mmap() description, for those who want to read along.

Well, that's confusing.  That web site seems to have the same text as the
IEEE's PDF but organized differently.

>> 2.8.3.2 Memory Mapped Files
>
>Is that from the Rationale?

No, like I said it's on pages 529-530 of the PDF version of IEEE 1003.1-2024
which I downloaded from the IEEE. 

Your web site has a copy here

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/V2_chap02.html#tag_16_08

R's,
John


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