> >> I just installed the linux binary of openoffice2.  It can't list
> >> the files in /tmp; it can list files elsewhere.  /tmp is a tmpfs
> >> file system -- might this be related?  ktruss wasn't very illuminating.
> >
> >i guess that you need to implement "friendly" directory offsets.
> >
> I'm afraid I don't understand.
> 
> 		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

currently tmpfs directory cookies are composed in
a somewhat "strange" manner.  while it shouldn't be a problem for
native "correct" applications, it can be for emulations and/or
broken applications.  (mount_nfs -X is for the same problem.)

YAMAMOTO Takashi