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Subject: Re: readdir after rewinddir not working in 20060128 snapshot
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On Feb  4 21:20, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 11:39:48AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Jan 30 00:29, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> > > After a rewinddir, readdir seems to return as many empty entries as there
> > > were actual entries left to read, followed by . and ..
> > 
> > Thanks for the testcase!  Since the underlying NT call NtQueryDirectoryInfo
> > is able to return more than one directory entry in one call, I thought it
> > might be a good idea to implement readdir caching.  Unfortunately I forgot
> > to reset the cache in case of rewinddir.  I've applied a fix now.
> 
> Thanks, but..
> 
> With 20060202, that testcase now works, but if you read all the way to
> the end, then rewind, you only get . and .. thereafter.

Thanks for the report.  Chris has applied a patch for this tonight.


Corinna

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