On Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:27:46 -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 03:03:30PM +0000, Tristan Wibberley wrote: >> >> - /proc/self/fd/* does not solve this problem because the file might no
... > Actually, /proc/self/fd/* _will_ work. When you do a ls -l, it looks > like a symlink, but the files in /proc/self/fd (and /proc/<pid>/fd more > generally) are magic. If you open files in /proc/<pid>/fd/*, it will do > what you want. Oh! Cool! By reading how to solve this class of problem with google search results I couldn't find any indication that /proc/pid/fd/* worked differently than a symlink. Thanks for your quick reply. -- Tristan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
