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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: where is fattach ? which archive ?
Date: 6 Oct 1996 12:14:38 GMT
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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Message-ID: <5387re$8d@anorak.coverform.lan>
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In article <5355f1$8np@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) wrote:
>
>> > What is fattach?
>>
>> I suggest that FreeBSD should have a fattach function added. It's a
>> pretty neat name ! Why hasn't anyone thought of it before ?
>
> By all means, yes!
>
How about the following:
#include <tach.h>
struct tach *fattach( int f )
{
struct tach *Result = firstTach;
while( Result && Result->f != f )
Result = Result->next;
return Result;
}
Now all we need to do is define firstTach in a library somewhere and write
tach.h. Any takers ?
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....