Re: st_size of a symlink
From: Richard Weinberger <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-24 10:16:59
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- 2012-07-23 · Re: st_size of a symlink · Guillem Jover <hidden>
- 2012-07-23 · Re: st_size of a symlink · Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
- 2012-07-23 · Re: st_size of a symlink · Sam Varshavchik <hidden>
- 2012-07-23 · Re: st_size of a symlink · Jesper Juhl <hidden>
- 2012-07-23 · Re: st_size of a symlink · Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
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.
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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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html