Date:	Thu, 23 Dec 93 09:03:20 +0100
From:	joep AT ichsun6 DOT ich DOT nl (Joep Jansen)
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Problems with unlink(), getmntent() library routines

I encountered some difficulties when trying to port the FSF file utilities (3.9)
to djgpp.

1. The unlink() system call does not remove read-only files. This is different
   from the Unix unlink, which will remove RO files when you own the file.
   I was able to work around the problem by first making the file writable
   (using chmod(pathname,W_OK). 

2. My system has logical drives A:, B:, C: and E:
   getmntent() fails to retrieve E:. Apparently, this is because there is no 
   drive D:. When I add a RAMDRIVE D:, E: becomes visible.
   The requirement that drive letters are sequential is wrong.

3. The requirement that floppies must have a volume label in order to be
   recognized by getmntent() is rather restrictive. Is there a way to get
   information on an untitled floppy?

I cannot offer patches for these problems, because I do not have the library 
sources.

Regards,
Joep Jansen

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