To me this sounds very similar to open() given a path relative to your current working directory.
> On Apr 5, 2024, at 2:22 PM, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > not so much what I want, I'm curious about ideas people have about > implementing it that I would not think of. > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 1:38 PM Gorka Guardiola <pau...@gmail.com > <mailto:pau...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hmm sorry. Now I see what you want. Not to rewalk. You can use the chan of >> the dirfd and walk just the remainder cloning it and creating a new one. >> That way the openat provides the guarantees you want. >> >> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 22:15 Gorka Guardiola <pau...@gmail.com >> <mailto:pau...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> I mean, if you want a new syscall jus copy or call the implementation of >>> these. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 22:12 Gorka Guardiola <pau...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:pau...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> ¿Isn't that fd2path, strcat and open? >>>> Or am I misunderstanding something? >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 21:51 ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:rminn...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> One of the folks I worked with, when we pulled a big chunk of plan 9 into >>>>> akaros, commented that he had implemented openat on akaros. >>>>> >>>>> I don't want this to turn into a debate on the merits of openat; I am >>>>> more curious: if you went to implement openat on Plan 9, how would you go >>>>> about it? I have a few ideas but I'm more interested in your ideas. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks > > 9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest> / 9fans / see discussions > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription>Permalink > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T675e737e776e5a9c-M0445ed55bee993d4cfbd3450> ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T675e737e776e5a9c-M0efc38028930341e0db8f794 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
