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Hi,

Eric Blake wrote:
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>> Why is Lessdox not recognised as a link here?
> 
> Because your program asked about what the link pointed to, and not about
> the link itself.  The command line 'stat' uses lstat(), which is probably
> what you want your program to do.  And this question is not cygwin-specific.
> 
thanks!

I know. It is more about the user who is using but not understanding cygwin.

Erich

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