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Relocated "Note" about f_fsid.

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Michael Kerrisk 2006-05-26 19:32:04 +00:00
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@ -180,7 +180,29 @@ The Linux
.BR statfs ()
was inspired by the 4.4BSD one
(but they do not use the same structure).
.SH "NOTES ON f_fsid"
.SH NOTES
The kernel has system calls
.BR statfs (),
.BR fstatfs (),
.BR statfs64 (),
and
.BR fstatfs64 ()
to support this library call.
Some systems only have <sys/vfs.h>, other systems also have
<sys/statfs.h>, where the former includes the latter. So it seems
including the former is the best choice.
LSB has deprecated the library calls
.BR statfs ()
and
.BR fstatfs ()
and tells us to use
.BR statvfs ()
and
.BR statvfs ()
instead.
.SS The f_fsid field
Solaris, Irix and POSIX have a system call
.BR statvfs (2)
that returns a
@ -224,28 +246,6 @@ Under some OSes the
can be used as second parameter to the
.BR sysfs ()
system call.
.SH NOTES
The kernel has system calls
.BR statfs (),
.BR fstatfs (),
.BR statfs64 (),
and
.BR fstatfs64 ()
to support this library call.
Some systems only have <sys/vfs.h>, other systems also have
<sys/statfs.h>, where the former includes the latter. So it seems
including the former is the best choice.
LSB has deprecated the library calls
.BR statfs ()
and
.BR fstatfs ()
and tells us to use
.BR statvfs ()
and
.BR statvfs ()
instead.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR path_resolution (2),
.BR stat (2),