297 lines
6.2 KiB
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297 lines
6.2 KiB
Plaintext
.TH STAT 5
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.SH NAME
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stat, wstat \- inquire or change file attributes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.ta \w'\fLTwstat 'u
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.IR size [4]
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.B Tstat
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.IR tag [2]
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.IR fid [4]
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.br
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.IR size [4]
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.B Rstat
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.IR tag [2]
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.IR stat [ n ]
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.PP
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.IR size [4]
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.B Twstat
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.IR tag [2]
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.IR fid [4]
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.IR stat [ n ]
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.br
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.IR size [4]
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.B Rwstat
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.IR tag [2]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.B stat
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transaction inquires about the file
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identified by
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.IR fid .
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The reply will contain a
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machine-independent
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.I directory
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.IR entry ,
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.IR stat ,
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laid out as follows:
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.TP
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.I size\f1[2]\fP
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total byte count of the following data
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.TP
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.I type\f1[2]\fP
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for kernel use
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.TP
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.I dev\f1[4]\fP
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for kernel use
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.TP
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.I qid.type\f1[1]\fP
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the type of the file (directory, etc.), represented as a bit vector
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corresponding to the high 8 bits of the file's mode word.
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.TP
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.I qid.vers\f1[4]\fP
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version number for given path
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.TP
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.I qid.path\f1[8]\fP
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the file server's unique identification for the file
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.TP
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.I mode\f1[4]\fP
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permissions and flags
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.TP
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.I atime\f1[4]\fP
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last access time
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.TP
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.I mtime\f1[4]\fP
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last modification time
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.TP
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.I length\f1[8]\fP
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length of file in bytes
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.TP
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.I name\f1[ s ]\fP
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file name; must be
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.B /
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if the file is the root directory of the server
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.TP
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.I uid\f1[ s ]\fP
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owner name
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.TP
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.I gid\f1[ s ]\fP
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group name
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.TP
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.I muid\f1[ s ]\fP
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name of the user who last modified the file
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.PD
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.PP
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Integers in this encoding are in little-endian order (least
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significant byte first).
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The
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.I convM2D
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and
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.I convD2M
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routines (see
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.IR fcall (2))
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convert between directory entries and a C structure called a
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.BR Dir .
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.PP
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The
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.I mode
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contains permission bits as described in
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.IR intro (5)
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and the following:
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.B 0x80000000
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.RB ( DMDIR ,
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this file is a directory),
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.B 0x40000000
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.RB ( DMAPPEND ,
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append only),
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.B 0x20000000
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.RB ( DMEXCL ,
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exclusive use),
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.B 0x04000000
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.RB ( DMTMP ,
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temporary);
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these are echoed in
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.BR Qid.type .
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Writes to append-only files always place their data at the
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end of the file; the
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.I offset
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in the
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.B write
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message is ignored, as is the
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.B OTRUNC
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bit in an open.
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Exclusive use files may be open for I/O by only one fid at a time
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across all clients of the server. If a second open is attempted,
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it draws an error. Servers may implement a timeout on the lock
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on an exclusive use file: if the fid holding the file open has
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been unused for an extended period (of order at least minutes),
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it is reasonable to break the lock and deny the initial fid
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further I/O.
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Temporary files are not included in nightly archives.
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.PP
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The two time fields are measured in seconds since the epoch
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(Jan 1 00:00 1970 GMT).
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The
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.I mtime
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field reflects the time of the last change of content (except when later changed by
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.BR wstat ).
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For a plain file,
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.I mtime
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is the time of the most recent
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.BR create ,
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.B open
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with truncation,
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or
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.BR write ;
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for a directory it is the time of the most recent
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.BR remove ,
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.BR create ,
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or
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.B wstat
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of a file in the directory.
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Similarly, the
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.I atime
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field records the last
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.B read
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of the contents;
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also it is set whenever
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.I mtime
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is set.
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In addition, for a directory, it is set by
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an
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.BR attach ,
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.BR walk ,
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or
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.BR create ,
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all whether successful or not.
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.PP
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The
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.I muid
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field names the user whose actions most recently changed the
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.I mtime
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of the file.
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.PP
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The
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.I length
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records the number of bytes in the file.
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Directories and most files representing devices have a conventional
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length of 0.
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.PP
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The
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.B stat
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request requires no special permissions.
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.PP
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The
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.B wstat
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request can change some of the file status information.
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The
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.I name
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can be changed by anyone with write permission in the parent directory;
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it is an error to change the name to that of an existing file.
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The
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.I length
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can be changed (affecting the actual length of the file) by anyone with
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write permission on the file.
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It is an error to attempt to set the length of a directory to a non-zero value,
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and servers may decide to reject length changes for other reasons.
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The
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.I mode
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and
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.I mtime
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can be changed by the owner of the file or the group leader of the file's current
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group.
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The directory bit cannot be changed by a
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.BR wstat ;
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the other defined permission and mode bits can.
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The
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.I gid
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can be changed: by the owner if also a member of the new group; or
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by the group leader of the file's current group
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if also leader of the new group
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(see
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.IR intro (5)
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for more information about permissions and
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.IR users (6)
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for users and groups).
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None of the other data can be altered by a
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.B wstat
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and attempts to change them will trigger an error.
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In particular,
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it is illegal to attempt to change the owner of a file.
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(These conditions may be
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relaxed when establishing the initial state of a file server; see
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.IR fsconfig (8).)
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.PP
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Either all the changes in
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.B wstat
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request happen, or none of them does: if the request succeeds,
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all changes were made; if it fails, none were.
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.PP
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A
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.B wstat
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request can avoid modifying some properties of the file
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by providing explicit ``don't touch'' values in the
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.B stat
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data that is sent: zero-length strings for text values and
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the maximum unsigned value of appropriate size
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for integral values.
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As a special case, if
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.I all
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the elements of the directory entry in a
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.B Twstat
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message are ``don't touch'' values, the server may interpret it
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as a request to guarantee that the contents of the associated
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file are committed to stable storage before the
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.B Rwstat
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message is returned.
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(Consider the message to mean, ``make the state of the file
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exactly what it claims to be.'')
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.PP
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A
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.I read
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of a directory yields an integral number of directory entries in
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the machine independent encoding given above
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(see
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.IR read (5)).
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.PP
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Note that since the
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.B stat
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information is sent as a 9P variable-length datum, it is limited to a maximum of
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65535 bytes.
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.SH ENTRY POINTS
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.B Stat
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messages are generated by
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.I fstat
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and
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.IR stat .
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.PP
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.B Wstat
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messages are generated by
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.I fwstat
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and
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.IR wstat .
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.SH BUGS
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To make the contents of a directory, such as returned by
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.IR read (5),
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easy to parse, each
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directory entry begins with a size field.
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For consistency, the entries in
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.B Twstat
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and
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.B Rstat
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messages also contain
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their size, which means the size appears twice.
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For example, the
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.B Rstat
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message is formatted as
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.RI ``(4+1+2+2+ n )[4]
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.B Rstat
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.IR tag [2]
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.IR n [2]
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.RI ( n -2)[2]
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.IR type [2]
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.IR dev [4]...,''
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where
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.I n
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is the value returned by
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.BR convD2M .
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