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Date:	Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:33:21 +0200
From:	Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Patch: chown() preparation for symlinks
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > Or maybe it is better to optimize access() for F_OK case?
> 
> We can't optimize the link based on a runtime option.  Unless we can
> figure out a way to do time travel in software :-)

Well, I meant adding some kind of shortcut 
if (flags & !F_OK)
  ... skip some handling there...

Laurynas

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