On 04/08/2014 10:14 PM, Matthew Dempsky wrote: > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/open.2.html > > O_DIRECTORY > If pathname is not a directory, cause the open to fail. This > flag is Linux-specific, and was added in kernel version > 2.1.126, to avoid denial-of-service problems if opendir(3) is > called on a FIFO or tape device. > > The "This flag is Linux-specific" bit is no longer true, since it was > standardized by POSIX.1-2008 (as mentioned in the "CONFORMING TO" > section later), and FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD all implement it (at > least according to their man pages). Perhaps saying "This flag was > Linux-specific until standardized by POSIX.1-2008, and was added in > ..." would be more accurate? Hi Matthew, Thanks for the report. That text is indeed crufty, but all that's needed is to remove the piece saying that the flag is Linux-speciifc, since elsewhere in the page it is explained that it is in POSIX.1-2008. I've simply removed the words "is Linux-specific, and". Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
