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On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 03:56:12PM -0700, Carl Thompson wrote: >Chris Faylor wrote: >>>I just took another quick look at the way things are now and I noticed >>>another problem. Some Windows headers are only in the POSIX include >>>directory (such as "windows.h"), but some are only in the MinGW >>>directory (such as "direct.h"). That means, with your latest snapshot, >>>Cygwin programs can't use "direct.h" if they need to! >> >>Did you look at the contents of direct.h? It's mingw-specific. POSIX >>programs use dirent.h. > >Actually, it's not MinGW specific, it's Windows / DOS specific. A >"direct.h" header is also included with VC++ and Borland C++ so it is >standard on the Windows platform. It defines such functions as >_getdrive(). Cygwin replaces many of the functions that are in msvcrt and crtdll. You can't mix them with impunity. You get conflicts. The _getdrive() function is part of crtdll and msvcrt. Making these available would imply that people would have to link with -lcrtdll which would lead to problems. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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