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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:38:42 -0500
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On 1/11/2011 4:54 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

<snip>

> I can not reproduce the effect, at least not on W7, but apparently it
> happens on some systems.  So, given that the directory size is
> irrelevant for all practical purposes anyway, and given that there's no
> application which has problems with a directory size of 0, should Cygwin
> just always set st_size to 0 for directories?  Independent of the
> underlying FS?

That sounds reasonable to me.  It replicates what I see now anyway. ;-)

-- 
Larry

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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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