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| -rw-r--r-- | man/man3/readdir.3 | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man3type/stat.3type | 16 |
2 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/man3/readdir.3 b/man/man3/readdir.3 index b9150160bc..ad9c765951 100644 --- a/man/man3/readdir.3 +++ b/man/man3/readdir.3 @@ -58,7 +58,27 @@ The fields of the structure are as follows: .TP .I .d_ino -This is the inode number of the file. +This is the inode number of the file, +which belongs to the filesystem +.I .st_dev +(see +.BR stat (3type)) +of the directory on which +.BR readdir () +was called. +If the directory entry is the mount point, +then +.I .d_ino +differs from +.IR .st_ino : +.I .d_ino +is the inode number of the underlying mount point, +while +.I .st_ino +is the inode number of the mounted file system. +According to POSIX, +this Linux behavior is considered to be a bug, +but is nevertheless conforming. .TP .I .d_off The value returned in diff --git a/man/man3type/stat.3type b/man/man3type/stat.3type index ee801bcece..835626775b 100644 --- a/man/man3type/stat.3type +++ b/man/man3type/stat.3type @@ -66,7 +66,21 @@ and macros may be useful to decompose the device ID in this field.) .TP .I .st_ino -This field contains the file's inode number. +This field contains the file's inode number, +which belongs to the +.IR .st_dev . +If +.BR stat (2) +was called on the mount point, +then +.I .d_ino +differs from +.IR .st_ino : +.I .d_ino +is the inode number of the underlying mount point, +while +.I .st_ino +is the inode number of the mounted file system. .TP .I .st_mode This field contains the file type and mode. |