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Diffstat (limited to 'man2/fstatat.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/fstatat.2 | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man2/fstatat.2 b/man2/fstatat.2 index 4b3be9b423..75aac1f529 100644 --- a/man2/fstatat.2 +++ b/man2/fstatat.2 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fstatat \- get file status relative to a directory file descriptor .nf .B #include <sys/stat.h> .sp -.BI "int fstatat(int " dirfd ", const char *" path ", struct stat *" \ +.BI "int fstatat(int " dirfd ", const char *" pathname ", struct stat *" \ buf ", int " flags ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ system call operates in exactly the same way as except for the differences described in this manual page. If the pathname given in -.I path +.I pathname is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory referred to by the file descriptor .IR dirfd @@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ the calling process, as is done by .BR stat (2) for a relative pathname). -If the pathname given in -.I path +If +.I pathname is relative and .I dirfd is the special value .BR AT_FDCWD , then -.I path +.I pathname is interpreted relative to the current working directory of the calling process (like .BR stat (2)). -If the pathname given in -.IR path +If +.IR pathname is absolute, then .I dirfd is ignored. @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ can either be 0, or include the following flag: .TP .B AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW If -.I path +.I pathname is a symbolic link, do not dereference it: instead return information about the link itself, like .BR lstat (2). @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Invalid flag specified in .IR flags . .TP .B ENOTDIR -.I path +.I pathname is relative and .I dirfd is a file descriptor referring to a file other than a directory. |