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authorBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>2012-03-12 13:17:48 -0700
committerBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>2012-03-12 13:17:48 -0700
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parentb23691148f4860721a659347a3d6e693f93538da (diff)
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os: document FileInfo.Size as system-dependent for irregular files
R=rsc, r CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/5795059
-rw-r--r--src/pkg/os/types.go2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/types.go b/src/pkg/os/types.go
index c7c5199be1..01dddf50de 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/types.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/types.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func Getpagesize() int { return syscall.Getpagesize() }
// A FileInfo describes a file and is returned by Stat and Lstat
type FileInfo interface {
Name() string // base name of the file
- Size() int64 // length in bytes
+ Size() int64 // length in bytes for regular files; system-dependent for others
Mode() FileMode // file mode bits
ModTime() time.Time // modification time
IsDir() bool // abbreviation for Mode().IsDir()