non-blocking read - (nf)

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#R:sri-arpa:-1667000:fortune:11600068:000:458
fortune!rpw3    Feb 17 20:51:00 1984

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| From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn at brl-vld>
| 
| UNIX was designed to appear synchronous at the user I/O level and
| it does a nice job of this.  If you really want asynchronous file I/O
| why not change to VMS.
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You might not be on a VAX.

Rob Warnock

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