X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: David Kastrup Subject: Re: Problem with stat Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:41:21 +0200 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <86vedade9q.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <46808EA8 DOT 2030202 AT pacific DOT net DOT sg> <4680DD73 DOT 8090300 AT sh DOT cvut DOT cz> <4680E3A0 DOT 3020508 AT pacific DOT net DOT sg> <4680FE40 DOT 7010102 AT byu DOT net> <46810D24 DOT 9000303 AT pacific DOT net DOT sg> <46810FAA DOT 5050508 AT byu DOT net> <86zm2mdfox DOT fsf AT lola DOT quinscape DOT zz> <468112F2 DOT 10802 AT byu DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.51 (gnu/linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Eric Blake writes: > According to David Kastrup on 6/26/2007 7:10 AM: >> >> fstat, yes. But shouldn't stat be able to report S_ISLNK on a broken >> link? > > No. It must fail with ENOENT. > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/stat.html No information there. "component of a path" has nothing to do with symlink resolution. -- David Kastrup -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/