On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 02:13:21PM -0700, Nicholas Miell wrote: > > I suspect he was asking for > > int getxattrat(int fd, const char *path, const char *name, void *value, > size_t size, int flags) > int setxattrat(int fd, const char *path, const char *name, void *value, > size_t size, int xattrflags, int atflags) > > rather than the ability to access xattrs as files.
Just one question: what the bleeding hell for? Not that the rest of ..at() family made any damn sense as an interface... > > > BTW, why is fstatat called fstatat and not statat? (Same goes for > > > futimesat.) It does not take a file descriptor for the file argument. > > > Otherwise we'd also need fopenat/funlinkat, etc. Any reasons? > > > > Ulrich having an odd taste? > > Solaris compatibility. "Sun having no taste whatsoever" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
