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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: David Howells <dhowells at redhat dot com>, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-nfs at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-cifs at vger dot kernel dot org, samba-technical at lists dot samba dot org, linux-ext4 at vger dot kernel dot org, wine-devel at winehq dot org, kfm-devel at kde dot org, nautilus-list at gnome dot org, linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:51:18 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- References: <20120419140558.17272.74360.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20120419163238.61D382C0DF@topped-with-meat.com>
On 04/19/2012 09:32 AM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I have no comment on the functionality. But "xstat" is probably a poor
> choice of name.
In AIX 7.1 the (similar) function is called statxat instead of xstat.
The API isn't exactly the same, but it's the same basic idea.
Might be worth looking at, not merely to see whether the API
should be the same, but also to borrow good ideas even if not.
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.aix.basetechref/doc/basetrf2/statx.htm