From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Shaya Potter <spotter@cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: "Joseph D. Wagner" <theman@josephdwagner.info>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Does sendfile() copy extended attributes?
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:46:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FDD4ABA.9050003@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1071466993.13226.46.camel@zaphod>
Shaya Potter wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-12-14 at 12:39, Joseph D. Wagner wrote:
>
>>I want to use sendfile() to completely copy a file so that the copy is an
>>EXACT, INDISTINGUISHABLE duplicate of the original.
>>
>>Hence, I need to know if sendfile() copies the extended attributes in
>>addition to the file itself.
>>
>>While I have your attention, does sendfile() also copy the inode attributes
>>(i.e. secure delete, compressed, etc.)?
>
>
> sendfile acting as a sys_copy() is a 2.4 unsupported behavior. It
> doesn't work on 2.6.
Have you tested this assertion lately? :)
AFAIK file-file sendfile(2) was fixed in 2.6.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-15 5:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-14 17:39 Does sendfile() copy extended attributes? Joseph D. Wagner
2003-12-15 5:43 ` Shaya Potter
2003-12-15 5:46 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2003-12-15 5:49 ` Shaya Potter
2003-12-15 5:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-15 5:59 ` Shaya Potter
2003-12-15 17:16 ` Bryan Henderson
2003-12-15 20:15 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2003-12-15 21:28 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-12-16 4:28 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2003-12-19 16:37 ` maximilian attems
2003-12-20 12:19 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2003-12-20 20:40 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-12-21 11:01 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2003-12-21 11:50 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-12-21 19:31 ` Joseph D. Wagner
2003-12-21 19:44 ` Shaya Potter
2003-12-21 19:51 ` Jamie Lokier
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