Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 05:58:28 -0500 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Posted-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:57:43 +0100 (MET) From: "Katherina O'Connor" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <1006081063029880@firemail.de> X-Mailer: Caramail - www.caramail.com X-Originating-IP: [213.6.59.109] Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: directory opening/closing behavior Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=_NextPart_Caramail_0298801006081063_ID" --=_NextPart_Caramail_0298801006081063_ID Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Exactly what you've described. It's a > Windows feature which isn't POSIX compatible > and for which a workaround would be > extremly difficult. Sorry, this isn't a "Windows feature" but POSIX compatible and a workaround would be extremly simple, because Chad Fowler made a simple mistake: he forgotten to call closedir() before rmdir(): #include #include #include #include #include /* (1) */ #include int main(void) { int rc; extern int errno; /* (2) */ DIR* pDIR; rc = mkdir("_blah", 0777); printf("mkdir %d\n", rc); pDIR = opendir("_blah"); printf("opendir %d\n", ( long ) pDIR); /* (3) */ rc = closedir( pDIR ); printf("closedir %d\n", rc); rc = rmdir("_blah"); printf("rmdir %d\n", rc); rc = mkdir("_blah", 0777); printf("mkdir %d\n", rc); printf("errno: %d\n", errno); } #if 0 Cygwin output: mkdir 0 opendir 167839600 closedir 0 rmdir 0 mkdir 0 errno: 0 Linux output: mkdir 0 opendir 134518696 rmdir 0 mkdir 0 errno: 38 #endif ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corinna Vinschen" To: Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 10:12 AM Subject: Re: directory opening/closing behavior > On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 03:47:33PM -0800, chad fowler wrote: > > Cygwin output: > > mkdir 0 > > opendir 167839552 > > rmdir 0 > > mkdir -1 > > errno: 13 > > > > Linux output: > > mkdir 0 > > opendir 134518696 > > rmdir 0 > > mkdir 0 > > errno: 38 > > > > After having run, the directory "_blah" exists in > > Linux but doesn't exist in Cygwin. > > > > What's the expected behavior? > > Exactly what you've described. It's a Windows feature which > isn't POSIX compatible and for which a workaround would be > extremly difficult. > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > ______________________________________________________ Kein Schwein klickt mich an? Tragen Sie Ihre Site doch einfach im Fireballkatalog ein! http://www.fireball.de/katalogeintrag.html --=_NextPart_Caramail_0298801006081063_ID Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ --=_NextPart_Caramail_0298801006081063_ID--