23 Aug
2014
23 Aug
'14
14:44
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Bernhard Voelker
On 08/23/2014 01:39 AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
O_DIRECTORY - If pathname is not a directory, cause the open to fail. This flag is Linux-specific, and was added in kernel version 2.1.126, to avoid denial-of-service problems if opendir(3)is called on a FIFO or tape device, but should not be used outside of the implementation of opendir(3).
Interesting, "man 2 open" lacks the latter ", but should not ..." sentence my 13.1 system.
I was on a 13.1 server with no man pages installed, so I quoted from: http://linux.die.net/man/2/open -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org