Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:22:44 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: Compatible fstat() |
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On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 12:10:25PM -0500, Parag Warudkar wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2005, at 10:48 AM, linux-os ((Dick Johnson)) wrote: > > >The Linux fstat() doesn't return any information number of blocks, > >or the byte-length of a physical hard disk. > > I don't think (f)stat returns size and blocks information about a > block device on any UNIX platform. > > But I don't know for sure how to get it - perhaps ioctl on the > device? BLKGETSIZE?
fd = open(bdev, O_RDONLY); lseek(fd, SEEK_END, 0); size = lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, 0); close(fd);
i.e. same as for regular files. Won't be portable, though... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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