Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 04:44:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Pritchard <mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net> To: mpp@FreeBSD.org (Mike Pritchard) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/sys getdents.2 Message-ID: <199907300944.EAA05386@mpp.pro-ns.net> In-Reply-To: <199907300926.CAA26887@freefall.freebsd.org> from Mike Pritchard at "Jul 30, 1999 02:26:51 am"
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> mpp 1999/07/30 02:26:51 PDT > > Added files: > lib/libc/sys getdents.2 > Log: > Add a manual page for getdents(2). This was taken from NetBSD, but > still needs some cleanup which is why it hasn't been added to the > Makefile yet. After looking around a bit, it appears that getdents(2) just sets up a call to getdirentries(2), passing the same arguments and returning the same data. So why do we have two identical system calls with different names? Let me guess, POSIX? -- Mike Pritchard mpp@FreeBSD.ORG or mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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