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Re: FYI: new openat-like function: mkdirat
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Roland McGrath |
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Re: FYI: new openat-like function: mkdirat |
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Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:56:42 -0800 (PST) |
> cp, cpio, mv, and tar currently use mkfifo and mknod,
> so you might want to add mkfifoat and mknodat to the list, too.
I suppose, though those are used by so few programs it is a bit more
questionable.
> I haven't looked too closely at find, but its -execdir predicate
> makes me think having exec*at functions would be useful, too.
> But can glibc provide those without kernel support?
We can certainly implement any such calls easily on the Hurd. :-)
On Linux, off hand I think that the /proc/self/fd/N/foobar method works
across the board, though I am not really sure.
Thanks,
Roland