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Linus does not fuck around (lemmy.one)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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[–] MooseBoys 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I find it ironic that Linus’s explanation for ENOENT being invalid for an ioctl given its meaning of “No such file or directory”, while simultaneously ioctl can return ENOTTY when using a mismatched device fd despite the error meaning “Not a typewriter.”

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

But a file handle can be attached to a TTY.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

In 2012?