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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions man2/mount.2
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Expand Up @@ -280,6 +280,16 @@ the
flag to
.BR open (2)
was specified for all file opens to this filesystem).
.TP
.B MS_NOSYMFOLLOW
Do not follow symlinks when resolving paths. Symlinks can still be created,
and
.BR readlink (1),
.BR readlink (2),
.BR realpath (1)
and
.BR realpath (3)
all still work properly.
.PP
From Linux 2.4 onward, some of the above flags are
settable on a per-mount basis,
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions man2/statfs.2
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Expand Up @@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ Writes are synched to the filesystem immediately (see the description of
.B O_SYNC
in
.BR open (2)).
.TP
.B ST_NOSYMFOLLOW
Symlinks are not followed when resolving paths; see
.BR mount (2).
.PP
Nobody knows what
.I f_fsid
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