docs/60068: stat(2) man page does not mention sticky(8) man page
Ken Stailey
kstailey at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 9 13:00:39 UTC 2003
>Number: 60068
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: stat(2) man page does not mention sticky(8) man page
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 09 05:00:36 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ken Stailey
>Release: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386
>Organization:
self
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD hermes.trickster.gods 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #45: Sat Dec 6 11:57:53 EST 2003 kstailey at hermes.trickster.gods:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HERMES i386
>Description:
The stat(2) manpage only has obsolete documention about the sticky bit.
There is not even a cross-reference to the sticky(8) man page.
>How-To-Repeat:
"man 2 stat"
>Fix:
At the least:
--- stat.2 14 Dec 2001 18:34:01 -0000 1.16.2.7
+++ stat.2 8 Dec 2003 13:44:55 -0000
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
#define S_IFWHT 0160000 /* whiteout */
#define S_ISUID 0004000 /* set user id on execution */
#define S_ISGID 0002000 /* set group id on execution */
-#define S_ISVTX 0001000 /* save swapped text even after use */
+#define S_ISVTX 0001000 /* save swapped text even after use; see sticky(8) */
#define S_IRUSR 0000400 /* read permission, owner */
#define S_IWUSR 0000200 /* write permission, owner */
#define S_IXUSR 0000100 /* execute/search permission, owner */
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
.Xr chmod 2 ,
.Xr chown 2 ,
.Xr utimes 2 ,
+.Xr sticky 8 ,
.Xr symlink 7
.Sh BUGS
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