Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:09:54 +0100 | Subject | Re: The naming of at()s is a difficult matter |
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Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> wrote:
> > >> > 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)
I am not shure if this would match the rules from the Opengroup. Solaris has these interfaces since at least 5 years.
Jörg
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