Metadata of raw fd
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Description
Afaik the shortest way to get the metadata of a raw fd is
let f = unsafe { File::from_raw_fd(fd) };
let metadata = f.metadata();
mem::forget(f);
There should be some way to do this without temporarily creating a File. E.g. std::os::unix::io::metadata_of_raw_fd.
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Start by reviewing issue #3025, including the raw file-descriptor example and the proposed std::os::unix::io::metadata_of_raw_fd API. Check the RFC process and discussion to determine the accepted direction; done means the API proposal has a documented decision or an accepted RFC.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- api, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100