- /* Publically writable directories (ie. /tmp) don't have stable
- * times. Since we only care about some attributes of directories
- * in any case, we vary the output accordingly.
+ /* Publically writable directories (ie. /tmp) and special files
+ * don't have stable times. Since we only care about some
+ * attributes of directories and special files, we vary the output
+ * accordingly.
fprintf (pp, "%s %ld %ld %d %d %ld %o\n",
filename,
(long) statbuf->st_ctime, (long) statbuf->st_mtime,
fprintf (pp, "%s %ld %ld %d %d %ld %o\n",
filename,
(long) statbuf->st_ctime, (long) statbuf->st_mtime,