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Re: Problem with stat
Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> writes:
> According to Erich Dollansky on 6/26/2007 6:57 AM:
>> if (stat ("/usr/X11R6/share/doc/lesstif-0.94.4/html/Lessdox", &Stat)
>> == 0)
>> {
>> printf ("Mode: %lX\n", (unsigned long) Stat.st_mode);
>> if (S_ISDIR (Stat.st_mode))
>> printf ("Directory flag is set.\n");
>>
>> The result is the same as before.
>
>
>> I do not get the message 'Link flag is set.'
>
> And that is correct behavior. It is a bug if you can ever make
> stat() or fstat() report S_ISLNK.
fstat, yes. But shouldn't stat be able to report S_ISLNK on a broken
link?
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David Kastrup
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