Re: ramfs problem... (unlink of sparse file in "D" state)

Stefan Traby (stefan@hello-penguin.com)
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:22:25 +0100

On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 04:01:10PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I prefer SuS fpathconf(), pathconf() is just a wrapper to fpathconf();
>
> You can't implement it that way in the corner cases.

I reread SuSv2 again and didn't found corner cases.
Do you mean FIFO/pipe stuff ? I can't see the problem in this area.

In which case is an emulation of pathconf by fpathconf impossible ?

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