i used async io on system v in the NUMBER NUMBER time frame i did it that way cause i thought it was cool to see if i could keep the tape spinning i can believe linux is catching up to this but some ability to do async io already existed in the unix world john hall NUMBER NUMBERth ave ne kirkland wa NUMBER original message from fork admin URL mailto fork admin URL on behalf of adam l beberg sent saturday august NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER pm to fork URL subject gasp red hat linux advanced server provides many high end features such as support for asynchronous i o now read i o no longer needs to stall your application while waiting for completion could it be after NUMBER years without this feature unix finally catches up to windows and has i o that doesnt totally suck for nontrivial apps no way ok so they do it with signals or a flag which is completely ghetto but at least they are trying keep trying guys you got the idea but not the clue adam l duncan beberg URL beberg URL 