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26 .TH FSTATAT 2 2006-04-30 "Linux 2.6.16" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 fstat \- get file status relative to a directory file descriptor
33 .BI "int fstatat(int " dirfd ", const char *" path ", struct stat *" \
39 system call operates in exactly the same way as
41 except for the differences described in this manual page.
43 If the pathname given in
45 is relative, then it is interpreted relative to the directory
46 referred to by the file descriptor
48 (rather than relative to the current working directory of
49 the calling process, as is done by
51 for a relative pathname).
53 If the pathname given in
61 is interpreted relative to the current working
62 directory of the calling process (like
65 If the pathname given in
72 can either be 0, or include the following flag:
74 .B AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
77 is a symbolic link, do not dereference it:
78 instead return information about the link itself, like
82 dereferences symbolic links (like
88 On error, \-1 is returned and
90 is set to indicate the error.
92 The same errors that occur for
96 The following additional errors can occur for
101 is not a valid file descriptor.
104 Invalid flag specified in
109 is a relative path and
111 is a file descriptor referring to a file other than a directory.
115 for an explanation of the need for
118 This system call is non-standard but is proposed
119 for inclusion in a future revision of POSIX.1.
122 was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16.
125 .BR path_resolution (2),
127 .\" FIXME . eventually list other *at.2 pages here?