[ILUG] Caching programs

Dave Airlie airlied at csn.ul.ie
Thu Sep 6 10:18:21 IST 2001


> > > for once - unusual for me. It is "saved-text" (APUE, p.86). The flag
> > > for it is S_ISVTX ie SaVed-TeXt, even though the linux man page gives
> > > "sticky bit" as the description.
>
> hm.  maybe.  but version 6 refers to it as the sticky bit.  my v5 image
> lacks man pages.
>

go on Kevin give in for once :-)...

from the Linux kernel we have
#define S_ISVTX  0001000
from Solaris 2.6
#define S_ISVTX  0001000
AIX 4.1
#define S_ISVTX         0001000

ah crap I can't get into by SunOS box :-P....

so it is the Saved text bit.. we just call it the sticky bit ...

Dave.


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