[sane-devel] Re: pthreads for MacOSX (instead of child process)

[abel deuring]

Beat Birkhofer wrote:
>> Assuming that access to device files will "survive" a fork() like with a
>> "real" Unix, this sounds like a better way to adapt Sane to MacOS X.
>> That's all pure theory though -- I have never worked with MacOS X...
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I don't think it's possible:
> 
> Citing the same document (IOKit Fundamentals):
> 
> title: 'POSIX Device Files'
> "These interfaces enable communication with serial, storage, and network 
> devices through device files."

I saw that too but I could not believe that this device type list must 
be considered as an exhaustive list...

Abel