Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jun 1999 13:51:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Improving the Unix API |
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On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Jan-Simon Pendry wrote:
> Alexander Viro wrote: > > Proposed API on the Linux side being > > int chflags(name, level, oldp, newp); where level is FL_VFS for generic > > attirbutes (fs may map them on its own set) and FL_{UFS,EXT2,...} for raw > > flags - corresponding filesystem is free to interpret the thing as it > > likes and should set the generic attributes in the right way. > > if linux introduces a different API (ie not just an extension of > the existing bsd API) then please do *not* call it "chflags". ;-/ Yes, it makes sense.
> it took years just to get over the bsd vs. svr4 gettimeofday() > fiasco. btw, what's the proposed API for getting the current > attribute set?
oldp == NULL ;-)
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