On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
When O_PATH is specified in flags, flag bits other than
O_DIRECTORY and O_NOFOLLOW are ignored.
We are told elsewhere in this man page that O_DIRECTORY "should not be
used outside of the implementation of opendir(3)". Is O_PATH an exception
to this? It seems like the implementation makes special accomodation for
O_DIRECTORY, but opendir(3) is not going to use O_PATH.
(What's the reasoning behind the rule against O_DIRECTORY in the general
case, anyway?)
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Geoffrey Thomas
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