Re: st_size of a symlink

[Richard Weinberger]

On 24.07.2012 01:13, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Well, can't the link be accessed when getting the stat information
> then?

Sure, but it's not trivial.

> > IMHO the lstat() and readlink() manpages have to be more precise
> > about st_size.
>
> They document what POSIX says:

This does not make it any better...

Thanks,
//richard
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