kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi

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  doc: cover st_ino issues once; add OpenVMS etc.
  
  * doc/posix-functions/stat.texi (stat):
  * doc/posix-functions/lstat.texi (lstat):
  * doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi (fstatat):
  * doc/posix-functions/fstat.texi (fstat):
  Move general 'struct stat' stuff to sys_stat.texi,
  leaving behind a pointer.
  * doc/posix-headers/sys_stat.texi (sys/stat.h):
  Merge duplicate info about 'struct stat' problems into here.
  Mention issues with OpenVMS, GNU/Linux NFS, NetApp, ClearCase,
  and suggest partial workarounds.
  

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• doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi

• @node fstatat
  @section @code{fstatat}
  @findex fstatat
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fstatat.html}
  
  Gnulib module: fstatat
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8,
  AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
  But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe.
  @item
  On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{fstatat} may
  not correctly report the size of files or block devices larger than 2
  GB.  (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
  @item
  On some platforms, @code{fstatat(fd,"file/",buf,flag)} succeeds instead of
  failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
  Solaris 9.
  @item
  For symlinks, when the argument ends in a slash, some platforms don't
  dereference the argument:
  Solaris 9.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  @xref{sys/stat.h}, for general portability problems with @code{struct stat}.
  @end itemize
  

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