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readlink: document portability issue with symlink length
[pspp]
/
doc
/
posix-functions
/
fstatat.texi
diff --git
a/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
b/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
index d1c4c8341974e8f6999501458c2ed988c8fd07c6..b96fc4d54e7d0195a7de268dce5376f9ef3ba978 100644
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--- a/
doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
+++ b/
doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
@@
-31,4
+31,8
@@
not correctly report the size of files or block devices larger than 2
GB. The fix is to use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{st_ino} is always 0.
GB. The fix is to use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{st_ino} is always 0.
+@item
+On some filesystems, @code{st_size} contains bogus information for
+symlinks; use the gnulib module areadlink-with-size for a better way
+to get symlink contents.
@end itemize
@end itemize