Can we please get the openat() syscall implemented? I know Linus
already declared this is a good idea and I can only stress that it is
really essential for some things. It is today impossible to write
correct code which uses long pathnames since all these operations would
require the use of chdir() which affect the whole POSIX process and not
just one thread. In addition we have the reduction of race conditions.
I remember having seen an implementation at some time. Can somebody dig
it up? If there is nothing available I'll try to get some code submitted.
I'm ignoring the discussions about alternative streams for files here,
so don't bother arguing with the.
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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
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