Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:46:30 +0200 | From | Peter Schiffer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] open(2): document O_PATH |
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On 07/20/2013 10:56 PM, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > On 07/20/13 13:40, Al Viro wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:35:59AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >>> Hello Al et al, >>> >>> Documenting O_PATH fell by the wayside last year >>> (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.man/2790) as I got distracted >>> with other tasks. A recent prod or two have reminded me restart this. >>> I have the following patch queued to document O_PATH. >>> >>> Could you please review. I've provided the O_PATH doc both as >>> formatted text, for ease of reviewing, and as a patch and entire file >>> (attached). >> >> Seems to be mostly correct; the only thing missing is that F_GETFL is also >> allowed (and return value will contain O_PATH for such descriptors). Had >> been there since the very beginning... > > Thanks, Al. I have added that piece. >
Michael,
there is a typo within added piece:
diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index c61ea7f..ef0f664 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ and .IP * Retrieving open file status flags using the .BR fcntl (2) -.BR F_GETFD +.BR F_GETFL operation: the returned flags will include the bit .BR O_PATH .
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