fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) (11/15/86)
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/*
* DESCRIPTION
*
* The readlink() call may return garbage when its first argument
* is one of the special files in /dev.
*
* SUN OS REVISION
*
* 3.2 SUNBIN DOMESTIC 68020
* Part Number: 700-1255-04 Rev. A
*
* EXAMPLES
*
* readlink("/dev/MAKEDEV",buf,256) = -1 (this one OK)
* readlink("/dev/drum",buf,256) = -251657448
* readlink("/dev/eeprom",buf,256) = -251657444
* readlink("/dev/ptyr8",buf,256) = 1800920064
* readlink("/dev/ttypa",buf,256) = 256
* readlink("/dev/ttyq9",buf,256) = -251954472
* readlink("/dev/vme32d32",buf,256) = -251657444
* readlink("/dev/win24",buf,256) = 1552145408
* readlink("/dev/win45",buf,256) = -252289660
*
* COMMENTS
*
* Running it a second time with the same arguments may return
* a different value.
*
*/
#define BUFSZ 256
main (argc,argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
int rtnval;
char buf[BUFSZ];
rtnval = readlink (argv[1], buf, BUFSZ);
printf ("readlink(\"%s\",buf,%d) = %d\n", argv[1], BUFSZ, rtnval);
}
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