Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:55:43 +0200 | From | Richard Weinberger <> | Subject | st_size of a symlink |
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Hi!
lstat(2) on /proc/$pid/exe gives me a stat object where st_size is 0.
Or: rw@mantary:~> ls -l /proc/$$/exe lrwxrwxrwx 1 rw users 0 23. Jul 17:02 /proc/16902/exe -> /bin/bash
The lstat(2) manpage says: "The st_size field gives the size of the file (if it is a regular file or a symbolic link) in bytes. The size of a symbolic link is the length of the pathname it contains, without a terminating null byte."
This property is also used in the example in the readlink(2) manpage.
Is this a procfs issue or is the manpage wrong?
Thanks, //richard
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