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@ 2004-02-04 19:51 Bloch, Jack
2004-02-06 3:50 ` mmap question - it's in the man page Rik van Riel
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From: Bloch, Jack @ 2004-02-04 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Is there any clear explanation of what the offset parameter in the mmap
system call means? Please CC me on any response.
Jack Bloch
Siemens ICN
phone (561) 923-6550
e-mail jack.bloch@icn.siemens.com
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2004-02-04 19:51 Bloch, Jack
@ 2004-02-06 3:50 ` Rik van Riel
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From: Rik van Riel @ 2004-02-06 3:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bloch, Jack; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Bloch, Jack wrote:
> Is there any clear explanation of what the offset parameter in the mmap
> system call means? Please CC me on any response.
The following command will reveal all:
$ man 2 mmap
DESCRIPTION
The mmap function asks to map length bytes starting at
offset offset from the file (or other object) specified by
...
--
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
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