statx.2: Minor wording and formatting fix-ups

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-04-21 16:42:39 +02:00
parent 9905e59b55
commit 6a4667aaa3
1 changed files with 39 additions and 25 deletions

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@ -67,35 +67,44 @@ The buffer is filled in according to the following type:
.in +4n
.nf
struct statx {
__u32 stx_mask; -- Mask of bits indicating filled fields
__u32 stx_blksize; -- Block size for filesystem I/O
__u64 stx_attributes; -- Extra file attribute indicators
__u32 stx_nlink; -- Number of hard links
__u32 stx_uid; -- User ID of owner
__u32 stx_gid; -- Group ID of owner
__u16 stx_mode; -- File type and mode
__u64 stx_ino; -- Inode number
__u64 stx_size; -- Total size in bytes
__u64 stx_blocks; -- Number of 512B blocks allocated
struct statx_timestamp stx_atime; -- Time of last access
struct statx_timestamp stx_btime; -- Time of creation
struct statx_timestamp stx_ctime; -- Time of last status change
struct statx_timestamp stx_mtime; -- Time of last modification
__u32 stx_rdev_major; } Device number if device file
__u32 stx_rdev_minor; }
__u32 stx_dev_major; } Device number of containing file
__u32 stx_dev_minor; }
__u32 stx_mask; /* Mask of bits indicating
filled fields */
__u32 stx_blksize; /* Block size for filesystem I/O */
__u64 stx_attributes; /* Extra file attribute indicators */
__u32 stx_nlink; /* Number of hard links */
__u32 stx_uid; /* User ID of owner */
__u32 stx_gid; /* Group ID of owner */
__u16 stx_mode; /* File type and mode */
__u64 stx_ino; /* Inode number */
__u64 stx_size; /* Total size in bytes */
__u64 stx_blocks; /* Number of 512B blocks allocated */
/* The following fields are file timestamps */
struct statx_timestamp stx_atime; /* Last access */
struct statx_timestamp stx_btime; /* Creation */
struct statx_timestamp stx_ctime; /* Last status change */
struct statx_timestamp stx_mtime; /* Last modification */
/* If this file represents device, then the next two feilds
contain the ID of the device */
__u32 stx_rdev_major; /* Major ID */
__u32 stx_rdev_minor; /* Minor ID */
/* The next two fields contain the ID of the device
contain the filesystem where the file resides */
__u32 stx_dev_major; /* Major ID */
__u32 stx_dev_minor; /* Minor ID */
};
.fi
.in
.PP
Where the timestamps are defined as:
The file timestamps are structures of the following type:
.PP
.in +4n
.nf
struct statx_timestamp {
__s64 tv_sec; -- Number of seconds (UNIX time)
__s32 tv_nsec; -- Number of nanoseconds before or since tv_sec
__s64 tv_sec; /* Seconds since the Epoch (UNIX time) */
__s32 tv_nsec; /* Nanoseconds before or since tv_sec */
};
.fi
.in
@ -114,7 +123,10 @@ that lead to the file.
.PP
.BR statx ()
uses
.IR pathname ", " dirfd " and " flags
.IR pathname ,
.IR dirfd ,
and
.IR flags
to locate the target file in one of a variety of ways:
.TP
[*] By absolute path.
@ -127,7 +139,9 @@ filesystem as seen by the calling process.
[*] By cwd-relative path.
.I pathname
points to a relative path and
.IR dirfd " is " AT_FDCWD .
.IR dirfd
is
.BR AT_FDCWD .
The file is looked up by name, starting from the current working directory.
.TP
[*] By dir-relative path.
@ -193,7 +207,7 @@ If
.I pathname
is a symbolic link, do not dereference it:
instead return information about the link itself, like
.BR lstat ().
.BR lstat (2).
.PP
.I flags
can also be used to control what sort of synchronisation the kernel will do
@ -202,7 +216,7 @@ the following values:
.TP
AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT
Do whatever
.BR stat ()
.BR stat (2)
does. This is the default and is very much filesystem specific.
.TP
AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC