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Re: [PATCH] POSIX extended API set 2



On Sun, 11 Nov 2012, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost> wrote:
I know this is a bike shed, and I'm sorry to be the one to bring it
up, but can we use the names chmodat, chownat, &c., for our native
system calls, and just use libc aliases or _BLAH_SOURCE nonsense or
something for the ridiculous `f' prefix on fchmodat, fchownat, &c.?

What is the goal? You want to write userland code using chmodat()
instead of fchmodat()?

I want the names to follow a clear and easily-documented pattern.

Takes a name    Takes a fd, not a name  Takes a name and an "at" fd
                (prepend "f")         (append "at")
------------    ----------------------  ---------------------------
open            - (fopen is different)  openat
link            -                       linkat
unlink          -                       unlinkat
rename          -                       renameat
chdir           fchdir                  chdirat
mkdir           fmkdir                  mkdirat
mkfifo          fmkfifo                 mkfifoat
utimens         futimens                utimensat
chmod           fchmod                  chmodat (not fchmodat)
chown           fchown                  chownat (not fchownat)
stat            fstat                   statat (not fstatat)
access          -                       accessat (not faccessat)

However, I also want the inconsistent POSIX names to be provided.

I don't know a good way of satisfying both goals.

--apb (Alan Barrett)


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