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stat.2: Minor edits 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-04-22 21:40:47 +02:00
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@ -140,23 +140,23 @@ structure, which contains the following fields:
.nf
struct stat {
dev_t st_dev; /* ID of device containing file */
ino_t st_ino; /* inode number */
mode_t st_mode; /* file type and mode */
nlink_t st_nlink; /* number of hard links */
uid_t st_uid; /* user ID of owner */
gid_t st_gid; /* group ID of owner */
dev_t st_rdev; /* device ID (if special file) */
off_t st_size; /* total size, in bytes */
blksize_t st_blksize; /* blocksize for filesystem I/O */
blkcnt_t st_blocks; /* number of 512B blocks allocated */
ino_t st_ino; /* Inode number */
mode_t st_mode; /* File type and mode */
nlink_t st_nlink; /* Number of hard links */
uid_t st_uid; /* User ID of owner */
gid_t st_gid; /* Group ID of owner */
dev_t st_rdev; /* Device ID (if special file) */
off_t st_size; /* Total size, in bytes */
blksize_t st_blksize; /* Block size for filesystem I/O */
blkcnt_t st_blocks; /* Number of 512B blocks allocated */
/* Since Linux 2.6, the kernel supports nanosecond
precision for the following timestamp fields.
For the details before Linux 2.6, see NOTES. */
struct timespec st_atim; /* time of last access */
struct timespec st_mtim; /* time of last modification */
struct timespec st_ctim; /* time of last status change */
struct timespec st_atim; /* Time of last access */
struct timespec st_mtim; /* Time of last modification */
struct timespec st_ctim; /* Time of last status change */
#define st_atime st_atim.tv_sec /* Backward compatibility */
#define st_mtime st_mtim.tv_sec
@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ if you need to know the details.
.\" Background: inode attributes are modified with i_mutex held, but
.\" read by stat() without taking the mutex.
.IR Note :
For performance and simplicity reasons, different fields in the
f performance and simplicity reasons, different fields in the
.I stat
structure may contain state information from different moments
during the execution of the system call.
@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ The size of a symbolic link is the length of the pathname
it contains, without a terminating null byte.
.TP
.I st_blksize
This field gives the "preferred" blocksize for efficient filesystem I/O.
This field gives the "preferred" block size for efficient filesystem I/O.
.TP
.I st_blocks
This field indicates the number of blocks allocated to the file,
@ -387,7 +387,10 @@ A component of
.I pathname
does not exist, or
.I pathname
is an empty string and AT_EMPTY_PATH was not specified.
is an empty string and
.B AT_EMPTY_PATH
was not specified in
.IR flags .
.TP
.B ENOMEM
Out of memory (i.e., kernel memory).