Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call

2012-04-28 Thread Paul Eggert
On 04/26/2012 11:25 AM, Roland McGrath wrote: > What I'd really prefer is a name that is less meaninglessly arcane, Since people are used to the string "stat", and since this is about getting related attributes, how about using the string "statr"? Thus "statrat" could be the syscall that acts like

Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call

2012-04-20 Thread Paul Eggert
On 04/19/2012 09:32 AM, Roland McGrath wrote: > I have no comment on the functionality. But "xstat" is probably a poor > choice of name. In AIX 7.1 the (similar) function is called statxat instead of xstat. The API isn't exactly the same, but it's the same basic idea. Might be worth looking at,