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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2011-12-31 13:38:25 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2011-12-31 13:38:50 -0800 |
| commit | 55c6e4b6fe65fdfd5154228209a5c9828bb8ec9d (patch) | |
| tree | 34a14a1f5de693a6e567ff4652f9eae6592d9fbe /doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi | |
| parent | c8600ac1d7ad136d9f4e71ccea78134d9dbeb55a (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-55c6e4b6fe65fdfd5154228209a5c9828bb8ec9d.tar.gz | |
doc: cover st_ino issues once; add OpenVMS etc.
* doc/posix-functions/stat.texi (stat):
* doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi (lstat):
* doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi (fstatat):
* doc/posix-functions/fstat.texi (fstat):
Move general 'struct stat' stuff to sys_stat.texi,
leaving behind a pointer.
* doc/posix-headers/sys_stat.texi (sys/stat.h):
Merge duplicate info about 'struct stat' problems into here.
Mention issues with OpenVMS, GNU/Linux NFS, NetApp, ClearCase,
and suggest partial workarounds.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi index 8ffa66f5cd..6f5cfc25c2 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi @@ -28,15 +28,5 @@ On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), symlinks are not supported, so Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item -On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{st_ino} is always 0. -@item -Because of the definition of @code{struct stat}, it is not possible to -portably replace @code{stat} via an object-like macro. Therefore, -expressions such as @code{(islnk ? lstat : stat) (name, buf)} are not -portable, and should instead be written @code{islnk ? lstat (name, -buf) : stat (name, buf)}. -@item -On some file systems, @code{st_size} contains bogus information for -symlinks; use the gnulib module areadlink-with-size for a better way -to get symlink contents. +@xref{sys/stat.h}, for general portability problems with @code{struct stat}. @end itemize |