seq_buf_path(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 seq_buf_path — like, the seq_buf_path(9) page, bestie ✨

okay so this one's from the Kernel API Manual, and it's honestly kinda iconic for how much it does with so little. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're copying a path into a sequence buffer and it's gonna slay.

🌸 NAME 🌸

seq_buf_path — copy a path into the sequence buffer. that's it, that's the vibe. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int seq_buf_path (struct seq_buf *s , const struct path *path , const char *esc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • s — the seq_buf descriptor, aka the lil buffer bestie we're writing into 💖
  • path — the path we're writing into the sequence buffer. yes, that path. the main character 👑
  • esc — the set of characters to escape in the output. pick your fighters carefully 🥊

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Write a path name into the sequence buffer. literally that's the whole thing — no cap, no hidden lore, it just puts the path in there. ✨

🌈 RETURN 🌈

the number of written bytes on success 💖, or -1 on overflow 😭 (yeah, if it doesn't fit, it's giving overflow and you get the -1, so plan accordingly fr fr).

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./lib/seq_buf.c, plus the whole seq_buf friend group, all of them, no one left behind:

ngl the seq_buf girlies really did that with an entire ecosystem of functions. iykyk 💅

okay bye bestie, this page lives in ./lib and it's stamped October 2026 ⭐ — go write some paths, you're gonna eat 🍓🧚💜

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