Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965054AbVKHSKn (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:10:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965207AbVKHSKn (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:10:43 -0500 Received: from spirit.analogic.com ([204.178.40.4]:55819 "EHLO spirit.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965054AbVKHSKm convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:10:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 In-Reply-To: <23F8E4C6-3141-4ECB-B3FF-E9BE6D261EE1@comcast.net> References: <3587A59B-14FA-4E0F-A598-577E944FCF36@comcast.net> <20051108172244.GR7992@ftp.linux.org.uk> <23F8E4C6-3141-4ECB-B3FF-E9BE6D261EE1@comcast.net> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2005 18:10:40.0039 (UTC) FILETIME=[B9E84370:01C5E48F] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Compatible fstat() Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:10:39 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Compatible fstat() Thread-Index: AcXkj7nveh7zUzYqQ1i0dCV+7T6cgA== From: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" To: "Parag Warudkar" Cc: "Al Viro" , "Linux kernel" Reply-To: "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1528 Lines: 40 On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Parag Warudkar wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Al Viro wrote: >> >> fd = open(bdev, O_RDONLY); >> lseek(fd, SEEK_END, 0); >> size = lseek(fd, SEEK_SET, 0); >> close(fd); >> >> i.e. same as for regular files. Won't be portable, though... > > For some reason this didn't work for bdev == "/dev/hda" - Size is > returned as 0.. > I think it's just a syntax error... >> size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET); |___________ Whence at the end ... will do fine on three different systems so far. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13.4 on an i686 machine (5589.55 BogoMips). Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. . **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/