Re: Bug in builtin function abspath

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:57:01 +0200
> From: Alessandro Vesely <address@hidden>
> 
> Furthermore, the number of functionalities that make their way through the
> Unix compatibility layer available via msvcrt is even lower. For example,
> the stat64.c source file that comes with the Platform SDK for Windows
> Server 2003 R2, implements stat64() using FindFirstFile and ends like so:
> 
>          /* now set the common fields */
>          buf->st_uid = buf->st_gid = buf->st_ino = 0;
>          buf->st_rdev = buf->st_dev = (_dev_t)(drive - 1); /* A=0, B=1, etc. 
> */
>          return(0);

How predictable...

> Do you think it would be a good idea to use GetFileInformationByHandle[Ex] 
> instead?

Sure; but someone already did that: see the libgw32c implementation of
stat.

> I realize I'm slightly OT, as GNU make does not use st_ino.

Actually, it does use st_ino, but the Windows port has suitable
workarounds where that is required.