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List:       linux-man
Subject:    Re: Re: stat(2)
From:       Jonny Grant <jg () jguk ! org>
Date:       2015-04-30 22:21:22
Message-ID: CAGc9Evd4+KvZXCgmqiJTcDWRoN_=pJ7soY7iv=Sbb7_=NbLuzw () mail ! gmail ! com
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> Hello Jonny,
>
> On 04/02/2015 06:59 PM, Jonny Grant wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I see:
> > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/lseek64.3.html
> > Grammar feedback, "the glibc", prefix word "the" is not needed.
>
> Fixed. Thanks.
>
> > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/fstat64.2.html
> > Has page heading stat(2),
>
> The doc for stat/fstat/lstat is combined into a single page...
>
> > and does not contain any information about fstat64()
> > Any ideas?
>
> See below.
>
> > I saw this one looks as expected:
> > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/lseek64.3.html
>
> Actually, that page is a bit of an aberration that appeared
> before my time as maintainer.
>
> > I saw this page has similar problem:
> > http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/stat64.2.html
> >
> > No mention of stat64()
>
> That's not precisely true. See the "C library/kernel ABI differences" at
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/stat.2.html#NOTES. Note also
> the sentence "Similar remarks apply for fstat() and lstat()."

Ok I understand now. There is no need for a stat64() public
implementation because off_t is 8 bytes, even on 32bit systems.

Many thanks for making the clarifications and updates.
Regards, Jonny
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