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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:39:07 -0700
From: Michael Eager <eager AT eagercon DOT com>
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Subject: Error in access() with long file names
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Using the most recent version of Cygwin. 

The access function return success when given a long string argument
which does not represent a valid file.  There is some sensitivity to the 
characters in the string.  Removing the colon (and perhaps some other
characters) in the example program below gives correct results.

Anyone know of a fix?

===================================

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

char name[] =
 "aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbccccccccccddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeffffffffffgggggggggghhh"
 "hhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiijjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkllllllllllmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnooooo"
 "oooooppppppppppqqqqqqqqqqrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssttttttttttuuuuuuuuuuvvvvvvvv"
 "vvwwwwwwwwwwxxxxxxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyzzzzzzzzzz01234567890:/";

int main()
{
  if (access (name, R_OK) == 0) 
    printf ("%s is readable\n", name);
  else
    printf ("%s is NOT readable\n", name); 
 
  return 0;
}


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