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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Bradley Chapman wrote:

> Mr. Rossetti,
>
> It is horribly RTFM.
>
> man 2 sendfile is what you're after.

I'm afraid it's not horribly RTFM at all.

sendfile won't do what he needs in 2.6.x.