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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: David Howells <dhowells at redhat dot com>, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-nfs at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-cifs at vger dot kernel dot org, samba-technical at lists dot samba dot org, linux-ext4 at vger dot kernel dot org, wine-devel at winehq dot org, kfm-devel at kde dot org, nautilus-list at gnome dot org, linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:54:41 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
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On 04/26/2012 11:25 AM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> What I'd really prefer is a name that is less meaninglessly arcane,
Since people are used to the string "stat", and since this is
about getting related attributes, how about using the string "statr"?
Thus "statrat" could be the syscall that acts like fstatat, but gets
related attributes too.
A bonus of this name is that a "stat rat" is slang
for someone who loves looking at statistics, often
sports statistics. Billy Beane is a stat rat.
Someone who cares about files' statistics is also
a stat rat.
The "r" in "statrat" could stand for "related", or
for "relevant", or for whatever you like.