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Added comment on inconsistent naming of *at() functions.

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Michael Kerrisk 2006-04-04 19:48:23 +00:00
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@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ A similar system call exists on Solaris.
.\" primarily referred to "extended *at*tributes", which are
.\" handled by Solaris' O_XATTR flag, but was also intended
.\" to refer to the notion of "at a relative location".
.\"
.\" See also the following for a discussion of the inconsistent
.\" naming of the *at() functions:
.\" http://www.opengroup.org/austin/mailarchives/ag/msg09103.html
.\" Subject: RE: The naming of at()s is a difficult matter
.\" From: Don Cragun
.\" Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:56:50 -0800 (PST)
.\"
.SH VERSIONS
.BR openat ()
was added to Linux in kernel 2.6.16.