Re: Compatible fstat()

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Parag Warudkar wrote:

>
> On Nov 8, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Al Viro wrote:
>>
>> 	fd = open(bdev, O_RDONLY);
>> 	lseek(fd, SEEK_END, 0);
>> 	size = lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, 0);
>> 	close(fd);
>>
>> i.e. same as for regular files.  Won't be portable, though...
>
> For some reason this didn't work for bdev == "/dev/hda" - Size is
> returned as 0..
>

I think it's just a syntax error...

>> 	size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
                             |___________  Whence at the end

... will do fine on three different systems so far.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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