[PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call

David Howells dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Apr 26 22:54:41 BST 2012


Roland McGrath <roland-/Z5OmTQCD9xF6kxbq+BtvQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> > I've no particular attachment to the name 'xstat'.  If you'd prefer
> > 'statx' I could go for that.
> 
> I prefer something other than xstat and statx(at) seems acceptable enough.
> What I'd really prefer is a name that is less meaninglessly arcane,
> but I haven't thought of any good ones.

fileinfoat() perhaps?  I think stat*at() is better, though, as people are used
to the stat function family.

David
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