From: Richard Weinberger <richard-/L3Ra7n9ekc@public.gmane.org>
To: Guillem Jover <guillem-+FW4gsLVM0RAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jesper Juhl <jj-IYz4IdjRLj0sV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>,
Al Viro <viro-3bDd1+5oDREiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org>,
"linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: st_size of a symlink
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:16:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <500E761B.4040705@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120723231333.GA1299-v62vTE6/wQGgM1MOaoewpti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
On 24.07.2012 01:13, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Well, can't the link be accessed when getting the stat information
> then?
Sure, but it's not trivial.
>> IMHO the lstat() and readlink() manpages have to be more precise
>> about st_size.
>
> They document what POSIX says:
This does not make it any better...
Thanks,
//richard
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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Guillem Jover <guillem@hadrons.org>
Cc: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>, Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: st_size of a symlink
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:16:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <500E761B.4040705@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120723231333.GA1299@gaara.hadrons.org>
On 24.07.2012 01:13, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Well, can't the link be accessed when getting the stat information
> then?
Sure, but it's not trivial.
>> IMHO the lstat() and readlink() manpages have to be more precise
>> about st_size.
>
> They document what POSIX says:
This does not make it any better...
Thanks,
//richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-24 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-23 15:55 st_size of a symlink Richard Weinberger
2012-07-23 15:55 ` Richard Weinberger
[not found] ` <500D73FF.1070504-/L3Ra7n9ekc@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-23 18:09 ` Jesper Juhl
2012-07-23 18:09 ` Jesper Juhl
2012-07-23 20:22 ` Al Viro
[not found] ` <20120723202224.GH31729-3bDd1+5oDREiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-23 20:47 ` Jesper Juhl
2012-07-23 20:47 ` Jesper Juhl
2012-07-23 22:07 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-07-23 23:13 ` Guillem Jover
[not found] ` <20120723231333.GA1299-v62vTE6/wQGgM1MOaoewpti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-24 10:16 ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2012-07-24 10:16 ` Richard Weinberger
2012-07-23 21:53 ` Sam Varshavchik
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