linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: fstat(2) returns st

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Message-ID: <jehc8o9ww0.fsf@sykes.suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:24:15 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:	John Wenker <jjw@...com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: fstat(2) returns st_size==0 for non-empty FIFO.

John Wenker <jjw@...com> writes:

> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> fstat(2) returns st_size == 0 for a FIFO that is known to have data in it.

st_size has no meaning except for regular files and symlinks.

Andreas.

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