Format of SVR4 UUCP lockfiles?

David C. Miller dcm at moria.UUCP
Mon Jan 14 10:05:01 AEST 1991


In article <1990Dec29.235751.12480 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> egray at osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Emmet P. Gray) writes:
>
>Can someone give me a clue as to the format of the new SVR4 UUCP
>lockfiles?  I've figured out the second and third numbers (major and
>minor devices numbers), but what is the first number?

You're right, the 2nd and 3rd numbers are the major and minor of the
st_dev field of stat.  The first number is the major of the st_rdev
field.

David



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