Re: [PATCH 2/8] fcntl-h: glibc now has openat2

Paul Eggert wrote:
> > This should mention the module 'openat2' here, I guess?
> > And add a
> >    @mindex openat2
> > line, as usual.
> 
> Thanks, I did that via the attached.

Thanks.

> openat2 is unusual, as it is present in GNU/Linux but not GNU/Hurd. 
> That's why I listed "glibc on non-Linux" in 
> doc/glibc-functions/openat2.texi.

Right, yes.

> In that sense openat2 is like mseal, 
> pidfd_open, epoll_create, and inotify_add_watch. I don't know of any 
> other such function for which Gnulib provides a substitute.

We could add a dummy 'mseal' that does nothing.

Regarding inotify_add_watch, there is the GNU direvent package. Quote:
  "Interfaces for tracking changes to file systems are highly
   system-specific. Direvent aims to provide a uniform and
   system-independent command-level interface."

Bruno