Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:16:08 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Open directory as default file - proposal for API |
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On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Wolfgang Walter wrote: > > At least in 2.0, you may open a directory and use the filehanlde you > > got later with fstat, fchown, fchmod. It would be rather bad if this > > will change. > > No problem, it can be compatible: > > Use the same attributes for the "default" file as the directory itself. > So really you've opened the directory inode, it's just that reading & > writing work on the associated file.
Parse it, please. What dentry you will get?
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