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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] chdir to mode 000 directory
Date: Thu,  3 Jun 2004 08:19:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f6d458de37491bcef201bd3338530b5@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cafdd248ba943c8f25c8374f5216db00@orthanc.cc.titech.ac.jp>

> Thank you.  My confusion is cleared now.  So when I want to
> check if a process can chdir to a directory, the following
> fragment is good enough?

I'm not sure.  When out of one's comfort zone, only testing can reveal
the truth.  The man pages, if read carefully, do reveal what happens,
but you should let the developers give their opinion.

If you're in a hurry, I should think stat(2) will supply the
information you need.

++L



  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-03  6:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-03  6:01 YAMANASHI Takeshi
2004-06-03  6:19 ` lucio [this message]
2004-06-06  7:10   ` YAMANASHI Takeshi
2004-06-06  7:33     ` Rob Pike
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-06-03  1:58 YAMANASHI Takeshi
2004-06-03  5:49 ` lucio

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