[cs631apue] Question about st_size

[Tejas Nadkarni]

Figured it out, was passing st_dev. but need to pass st_rdev. Thanks!


On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Tejas Nadkarni <tnadkarn at stevens.edu> wrote:

> I'm trying to use major() and minor() to convert st_dev in stat to the
> major and minor for block files. The values I'm getting aren't matching
> what the system ls function returns. Is there anything more than just
> passing st_dev to the major() and minor() macros then printing it out? The
> program compiles and runs fine but I get different values.
>
> Also which files do we need to use major/minor for? block and character?
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:12 PM, yluo4 <yluo4 at stevens.edu> wrote:
>
>>   Sorry, I didn't read the instruction carefully.  I has said we should
>> use the major and minor device numbers instead of file size.
>>   Yulong
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/07/2013 11:43 AM, yluo4 wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>   Is st_size in stat only used to check regular file, symbolic file,
>>> and directory file size?  I find that other types file's st_size is 0.
>>>  How can we get these files' size?
>>>  Thank you,
>>>  Yulong
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