Al Viro wrote:
>
>>>> 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.
>
> "Sun having no taste whatsoever"
Yup. I filed an objection to this with the POSIX committee, but it was
rejected :(
-hpa
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