Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/open.2 | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index a655fae..61689cf 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ .\" FIXME . Apr 08: The next POSIX revision has O_EXEC, O_SEARCH, and .\" O_TTYINIT. Eventually these may need to be documented. --mtk .\" FIXME Linux 2.6.33 has O_DSYNC, and a hidden __O_SYNC. -.\" FIXME: Linux 2.6.39 added O_PATH .\" .TH OPEN 2 2012-02-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME @@ -428,6 +427,21 @@ For a discussion of the effect of in conjunction with mandatory file locks and with file leases, see .BR fcntl (2). .TP +.B O_PATH +The path is opened for accessing its file attributes only. Since the file +itself is not opened, most operations (such as +.BR read (2) +or +.BR write (2)) +will return +.BR EBADF . +You may however use functions that operate on the file descriptor itself +such as +.BR close (2), +functions that duplicate file descriptors, and as the dirfd argument with +all the *at style of functions (e.g. +.BR openat (2)). +.TP .B O_SYNC The file is opened for synchronous I/O. Any -- 1.7.9.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
