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DateTue, 14 Feb 2006 09:17:28 +0100 (MET)
FromJan Engelhardt <>
SubjectRe: The naming of at()s is a difficult matter
>> > I have noticed that the new ...at() system calls are named in what
>> > appears to be a completely haphazard fashion.  In Unix system calls,
>> > an f- prefix means it operates on a file descriptor; the -at suffix (a
>> > prefix would have been more consistent, but oh well) similarly
>> > indicates it operates on a (directory fd, pathname) pair.
>> >
>> shmat operates on dirfd/pathname?
>
>Do you have a better proposal for naming the interfaces?
>

chownfn maybe. (fd + name)



Jan Engelhardt
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