Re: *at syscalls for xattrs?

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On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 21:53 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 09:46:27PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > recently, the family of *at() syscalls and functions (openat, fstatat, 
> > etc.) have been added to Linux and Glibc, respectively.
> > In short: I am missing xattr at functions :)
> 
> No.  They are not fscking forks.  They are almost as revolting, but
> not quite on the same level.

I suspect he was asking for 

int getxattrat(int fd, const char *path, const char *name, void *value, 
		size_t size, int flags)
int setxattrat(int fd, const char *path, const char *name, void *value,
		size_t size, int xattrflags, int atflags)

rather than the ability to access xattrs as files.

> > BTW, why is fstatat called fstatat and not statat? (Same goes for 
> > futimesat.) It does not take a file descriptor for the file argument. 
> > Otherwise we'd also need fopenat/funlinkat, etc. Any reasons?
> 
> Ulrich having an odd taste?

Solaris compatibility.

-- 
Nicholas Miell <[email protected]>

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