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From: Dave Lee <mailtolky AT yahoo DOT com DOT hk>
Subject: Re: Problem in calling _stat() on Cygwin 1.7
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> If it (meddling with internal affairs, such as using _stat)
> hurts too much, then don't do it (use stat instead, it's
> standardized).

An off-topic question: on system where both XXX() and _XXX() are available (where XXX = open, read, write, access, chmod, ... etc), can one assume what _XXX() does, and that _XXX() behaves the same as XXX()?

Thanks for help.

Dave Lee



      


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