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From:Allan Odgaard
Date:19 Aug 2000 at 16:24:57
Subject:Re: Writing a file within a Task

On 19-Aug-00, Andrew Bell wrote:

>> I there anyway to write files within an exec task without haveing to
>> create it as a Process?
> You could issue packets directly to the filesystem handler, but IMHO
> this would be overkill.

And even some devices perform their work in the context of the caller,
at least clipboard.device :-(

> Is it really necessary that you spawn just a simple Task? [...]

Agree -- tasks should normally never be used -- just have a look in
Scout, how many tasks do you see here? I see 9 tasks and 83 processes.

Regards Allan