From: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject: RE: What does it mean?
28 Jun 1998 09:18:10 -0700
Message-ID: <01BDA2D0.A7E98C00.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@sos>
To: "cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com" <cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com>,
        "'Christopher Faylor'" <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>

Christopher Faylor wrote:
pointer on NT? Shouldn't the code be something like:
> >
> >  if (!real_path.exec_p)
> >    {
> >    DWORD done;
> >    char magic[2];
> >    /* FIXME should we use /etc/magic ? */
> >    magic[0] = magic[1] = magic[2] = '\0';
> >    ReadFile (get_handle (), magic, 3, &done, 0);
> >    if (magic[0] == ':' && magic[1] == '\n')
> >        real_path.exec_p = 1;
> >
> >    if (magic[0] == '#' && magic[1] == '!')
> >        real_path.exec_p = 1;
> >    }
> >  if (flags & O_APPEND)
> >    SetFilePointer (get_handle(), 0, 0, FILE_END);
> >  else
> >    SetFilePointer (get_handle(), 0, 0, FILE_BEGIN);
> 
> Looks like a bug to me.  I don't see what NT has to do with anything.
> Wanna submit a patch?
> 

Yes, sure.

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Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos
Moscow, Russia