in reply to Re: (Ovid) Re: CGI Form processing
in thread CGI Form processing

As I recall, if you use syswrite, then the value of BUFSIZ doesn't matter. BUFSIZ matters if you allow buffering or if you are using pipes.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

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Re: (tye)Re: CGI Form processing
by merlyn (Sage) on Jun 30, 2001 at 09:18 UTC
    Ahh, I was mixing up what happens with FIFOs (pipes). Only BUFSIZ bytes on a FIFO are guaranteed to be atomically readable.

    Thanks for clarification.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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