Re: [RFC] Open directory as default file - proposal for API

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:16:08 -0400 (EDT)


On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> Wolfgang Walter wrote:
> > At least in 2.0, you may open a directory and use the filehanlde you
> > got later with fstat, fchown, fchmod. It would be rather bad if this
> > will change.
>
> No problem, it can be compatible:
>
> Use the same attributes for the "default" file as the directory itself.
> So really you've opened the directory inode, it's just that reading &
> writing work on the associated file.

Parse it, please. What dentry you will get?

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