portable stat for os

add name to os.FD
clean up some interfaces

R=rsc
DELTA=318  (231 added, 44 deleted, 43 changed)
OCL=24624
CL=24627

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/syscall/syscall.go b/src/lib/syscall/syscall.go
index 780f0f262..d8db5ce5d 100644
--- a/src/lib/syscall/syscall.go
+++ b/src/lib/syscall/syscall.go
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@ func RawSyscall(trap int64, a1, a2, a3 int64) (r1, r2, err int64);
  * Used to convert file names to byte arrays for passing to kernel,
  * but useful elsewhere too.
  */
-func StringToBytes(b []byte, s string) bool {
-	if len(s) >= len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
+func StringBytePtr(s string) *byte {
+	a := make([]byte, len(s)+1);
 	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
-		b[i] = s[i]
+		a[i] = s[i];
 	}
-	b[len(s)] = '\000';	// not necessary - memory is zeroed - but be explicit
-	return true
+	return &a[0];
 }