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4.8 KiB
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126 lines
4.8 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: vattr.9,v 1.7 2003/04/16 13:35:35 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Gregory McGarry.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.Dd October 21, 2001
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.Dt VATTR 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vattr ,
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.Nm vattr_null ,
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.Nm VATTR_NULL
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.Nd vnode attributes
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/vnode.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn vattr_null "struct vattr *vap"
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.Ft void
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.Fn VATTR_NULL "struct vattr *vap"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Vnode attributes describe attributes of a file or directory including
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file permissions, owner, group, size, access time and modification time.
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.Pp
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A vnode attribute has the following structure:
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal
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struct vattr {
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enum vtype va_type; /* vnode type (for create) */
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mode_t va_mode; /* files access mode and type */
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nlink_t va_nlink; /* number of references to file */
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uid_t va_uid; /* owner user id */
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gid_t va_gid; /* owner group id */
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long va_fsid; /* file system id (dev for now) */
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long va_fileid; /* file id */
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u_quad_t va_size; /* file size in bytes */
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long va_blocksize; /* blocksize preferred for i/o */
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struct timespec va_atime; /* time of last access */
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struct timespec va_mtime; /* time of last modification */
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struct timespec va_ctime; /* time file changed */
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u_long va_gen; /* generation number of file */
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u_long va_flags; /* flags defined for file */
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dev_t va_rdev; /* device the special file represents */
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u_quad_t va_bytes; /* bytes of disk space held by file */
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u_quad_t va_filerev; /* file modification number */
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u_int va_vaflags; /* operations flags, see below */
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long va_spare; /* remain quad aligned */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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A field value of VNOVAL represents a field whose value is unavailable
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or which is not to be changed.
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Valid flag values for
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.Em va_flags
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are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -offset indent -width VA_UTIMES_NULL -compact
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.It VA_UTIMES_NULL
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utimes argument was NULL
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.It VA_EXCLUSIVE
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exclusive create request
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.El
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.Pp
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Vnode attributes for a file are set by the vnode operation
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.Xr VOP_SETATTR 9 .
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Vnode attributes for a file are retrieved by the vnode operation
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.Xr VOP_GETATTR 9 .
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For more information on vnode operations see
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.Xr vnodeops 9 .
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.Sh FUNCTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width compact
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.It Fn vattr_null "vap"
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Set vnode attributes in
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.Fa vap
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to VNOVAL.
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.It Fn VATTR_NULL "vap"
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This function is an alias for
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.Fn vattr_null .
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.El
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.Sh CODE REFERENCES
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This section describes places within the
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.Nx
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source tree where actual code implementing or using the vnode
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attributes can be found.
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All pathnames are relative to
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.Pa /usr/src .
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.Pp
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The vnode attributes ares implemented within the file
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.Pa sys/kern/vfs_subr.c .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 9 ,
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.Xr vfs 9 ,
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.Xr vnode 9 ,
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.Xr vnodeops 9
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