Re: [9fans] openat()

["Bakul Shah via 9fans" <9fans@9fans.net>]

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To me this sounds very similar to open() given a path relative to your current working directory.

> On Apr 5, 2024, at 2:22 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> not so much what I want, I'm curious about ideas people have about implementing it that I would not think of.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 1:38 PM Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com <mailto:paurea@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hmm sorry. Now I see what you want. Not to rewalk. You can use the chan of the dirfd and walk just the remainder cloning it and creating a new one. That way the openat provides the guarantees you want.
>> 
>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 22:15 Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com <mailto:paurea@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> I mean, if you want a new syscall jus copy or call the implementation of these.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 22:12 Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com <mailto:paurea@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> ¿Isn't that fd2path, strcat and open?
>>>> Or am I misunderstanding something?
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2024, 21:51 ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com <mailto:rminnich@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> One of the folks I worked with, when we pulled a big chunk of plan 9 into akaros, commented that he had implemented openat on akaros. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't want this to turn into a debate on the merits of openat; I am more curious: if you went to implement openat on Plan 9, how would you go about it? I have a few ideas but I'm more interested in your ideas.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
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