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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2020-01-03 14:19:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2020-01-03 14:19:15 +0100 |
| commit | 5f62ea4ee2c43383411f895cd323e3c67db8eca7 (patch) | |
| tree | b2cf9a09bd266db4861b138b4b9ff671346068c4 /doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi | |
| parent | 74cdf7d6063d1d8586f8673075d93516ce0ac0ac (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-5f62ea4ee2c43383411f895cd323e3c67db8eca7.tar.gz | |
doc: Mention the 64-bit inode number problem.
* m4/largefile.m4 (AC_SYS_LARGEFILE): Mention that this macro fixes the
64-bit inode number problem.
* doc/posix-functions/stat.texi: Mention that this module fixes the
64-bit inode number problem.
* doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/fstat.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/readdir.texi: Add more details.
* doc/posix-functions/readdir_r.texi: Likewise.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi index 9a03cfb337..1b1aff62cd 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{lstat} may not correctly report the size of files or block devices larger than 2 GB. (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.) @item +On Linux/x86 and Linux/x86_64, applications compiled in 32-bit mode cannot +access files that happen to have a 64-bit inode number. This can occur with +file systems such as XFS (typically on large disks) and NFS. +(Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.) +@item For symlinks, when the argument ends in a slash, some platforms don't dereference the argument: Solaris 9. |