On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Roland Mainz <roland.ma...@nrubsig.org> wrote: > - If files or directories are opened relative to /dev/fd/$fd/$path > |sfopen()|/|sfopenat()| will now bypass the /dev/fd filesystem > completely (which gives a nice performance boost). The only exception > is that this can *NOT* be done for a plain /dev/fd/$fd, e.g. > /dev/fd/15. The problem is that there is AFAIK no way to open a file > from a file descriptor without using the /dev/fd filesystem or using > |dup()| ... but |dup()| rules itself out because the resulting > "cloned" fd still shares attributes like the current seek position > with the original fd...
I don't want to nitpick, but wouldn't -d for directory more appropriate instead of -f? Simon _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list ast-developers@research.att.com https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
