Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Schwab <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: fstat(2) returns st_size==0 for non-empty FIFO. | Date | Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:24:15 +0200 |
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John Wenker <jjw@pt.com> writes:
> [1.] One line summary of the problem: > fstat(2) returns st_size == 0 for a FIFO that is known to have data in it.
st_size has no meaning except for regular files and symlinks.
Andreas.
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