@comment sys/types.h
@comment POSIX.1
@deftp {Data Type} mode_t
-This is an integer data type used to represent file modes. In the
-GNU system, this is equivalent to @code{unsigned int}.
+This is an integer data type used to represent file modes. In
+@theglibc{}, this is an unsigned type no narrower than @code{unsigned
+int}.
@end deftp
@cindex inode number
@comment sys/types.h
@comment POSIX.1
@deftp {Data Type} ino_t
-This is an arithmetic data type used to represent file serial numbers.
+This is an unsigned integer type used to represent file serial numbers.
(In Unix jargon, these are sometimes called @dfn{inode numbers}.)
-In the GNU system, this type is equivalent to @code{unsigned long int}.
+In @theglibc{}, this type is no narrower than @code{unsigned int}.
If the source is compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} this type
is transparently replaced by @code{ino64_t}.
@comment sys/types.h
@comment Unix98
@deftp {Data Type} ino64_t
-This is an arithmetic data type used to represent file serial numbers
-for the use in LFS. In the GNU system, this type is equivalent to
-@code{unsigned long long int}.
+This is an unsigned integer type used to represent file serial numbers
+for the use in LFS. In @theglibc{}, this type is no narrower than
+@code{unsigned int}.
When compiling with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} this type is
available under the name @code{ino_t}.
@comment POSIX.1
@deftp {Data Type} dev_t
This is an arithmetic data type used to represent file device numbers.
-In the GNU system, this is equivalent to @code{int}.
+In @theglibc{}, this is an integer type no narrower than @code{int}.
@end deftp
@comment sys/types.h
@comment POSIX.1
@deftp {Data Type} nlink_t
-This is an arithmetic data type used to represent file link counts.
-In the GNU system, this is equivalent to @code{unsigned short int}.
+This is an integer type used to represent file link counts.
@end deftp
@comment sys/types.h
@comment Unix98
@deftp {Data Type} blkcnt_t
-This is an arithmetic data type used to represent block counts.
-In the GNU system, this is equivalent to @code{unsigned long int}.
+This is a signed integer type used to represent block counts.
+In @theglibc{}, this type is no narrower than @code{int}.
If the source is compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} this type
is transparently replaced by @code{blkcnt64_t}.
@comment sys/types.h
@comment Unix98
@deftp {Data Type} blkcnt64_t
-This is an arithmetic data type used to represent block counts for the
-use in LFS. In the GNU system, this is equivalent to @code{unsigned
-long long int}.
+This is a signed integer type used to represent block counts for the
+use in LFS. In @theglibc{}, this type is no narrower than @code{int}.
When compiling with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} this type is
available under the name @code{blkcnt_t}.