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Re: __fstatfs



On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 06:44:34PM -0400, Pisupati, Ajay wrote:
> Ethan,
> 	there is a glibc function __fstatfs which basically takes in a path
> and returns among other things, the type of FS that the file is on.  I am
> sure you are aware of it.  I tried today to find the source for this
> function and I really could not.  this could be due my ignorance, don't
> really know.  but, do you know this function? if so, can you point me to
> where it is implemented? basically I ended up concluding that it is a system
> call.  can you confirm this? 

yup its a syscall:

eb@socrates ~$ man -k statfs
fstatfs (2)          - get file system statistics
statfs (2)           - get file system statistics

chapter 2 covers syscalls.

check the kernel source.

> Thanks,
> ajay
> BTW, what time are you available on IRC?

06:00 - 10:00 UTC

for weekdays, much more on weekends.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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