Inside some file operations functions (read/write) I saw this: size_t read(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t count loff_t *pos) { if (pos != &file->f_pos) return -ESPIPE; ... What is this good for? /FAU -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/