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From: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a new lstat implementation based on Win32 API, and make stat use that implementation too.
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 00:04:33 +0200
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s=F6ndag 02 september 2007 skrev Alex Riesen:
> Robin Rosenberg, Sun, Sep 02, 2007 22:27:59 +0200:
> > s=F6ndag 02 september 2007 skrev Marius Storm-Olsen:
> > > (Also, since Windows doesn't really handle symlinks, it's fine th=
at stat just uses lstat)
> >=20
> > It does now: See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363866.=
aspx
> >=20
>=20
> Except they fscked it up, as usual for microsoft: it 's got a
> mandatory argument specifying what the target should be, file or
> directory. And they don't tell what happens when the argument is wron=
g
> or the target does not exists. Typical, too.

Why would this API be an exception?

-- robin