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Re: use result of open(2) to check for presence

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 5, 2006, 15:12 UTC
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On 1/5/06, Morten Welinder <mwelinder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Neat, but perhaps you should check the fstat return code.
> It actually can fail, for example if the filesize cannot be represented in the
> structure because it is too big.

Yes, of course. It will be added along with the missing test for mmap returning MAP_FAILED. Sometime.

Sarcasm aside, how do you get such a situation?
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