exit: Obsolete module, use stdlib instead.

[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / fstatat.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi b/doc/posix-functions/fstatat.texi
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@@ -4,15 +4,35 @@
 
 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fstatat.html}
 
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: openat
 
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX
+5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+But the replacement function is not safe to be used in libraries and is not multithread-safe.
+@item
+On some platforms, @code{fstatat(fd,"file/",buf,flag)} succeeds instead of
+failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
+Solaris 9.
+@item
+For symlinks, when the argument ends in a slash, some platforms don't
+dereference the argument:
+Solaris 9.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-glibc 2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
+On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{fstatat} may
+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.
+@item
+On some file systems, @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