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* [9fans] Lightweight stat(2)
@ 1998-10-26 17:57 G.David
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From: G.David @ 1998-10-26 17:57 UTC (permalink / raw)


Still on the path of the righteous, [see the past
discussion about create(2)], I want to propose an addition
to stat(2) to allow direct access to walk(5).

I propose:

int qstat(char *name, QID *eqid)

This will translate to:

clone(5)
walk(5) [saving the value of QID]
clunk(5)

This allows user level access to walk(5).  How else can a
userspace file server pass walk(5) calls to another 9P server?

Comments?

David Butler
gdb@dbSystems.com




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* [9fans] Lightweight stat(2)
@ 1998-10-27  6:36 Bengt
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From: Bengt @ 1998-10-27  6:36 UTC (permalink / raw)


> int qstat(char *name, QID *eqid)

sounds like a Good Thing.


Best Wishes, Bengt
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Everything aforementioned should be regarded as totally private
opinions, and nothing else. bengt@softwell.se
``His great strength is that he is uncompromising. It would make
him physically ill to think of programming in C++.''




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