From 6d03c00944ed75337771ac55b2a5caa8d8e7a0df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 19:48:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added comment on inconsistent naming of *at() functions. --- man2/openat.2 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/openat.2 b/man2/openat.2 index b3403d54d..3e31bbfcf 100644 --- a/man2/openat.2 +++ b/man2/openat.2 @@ -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.