Al Viro wrote: > >>>> 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" Yup. I filed an objection to this with the POSIX committee, but it was rejected :( -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
