Rick Macklem: > I have coded this, but having a pathconf name for something that is > specific to a file is a bit weird. kib@ has suggested that it might be > better to do it as an ioctl(). > > So, do you think a pathconf variable is preferred, since it is > "Solaris compatible" or an ioctl()?
ioctl() on a regular file to discover its attributes sounds rather odd to me. all else being equal, i would vote for the Solaris-compatible method in the name of compatibility, since Solaris has supported this for >= 20 years and i imagine a lot of third-party software has adopted that API.
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