Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 08:18:35 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Eric NICOLAS <nicolas AT jupiter DOT ceng DOT cea DOT fr>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Q: bool, _fixpath
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On 28 May 1996, Eric NICOLAS wrote:

> 2. I use the _fixpath function from libc, and it works very well,
>    except that... it is NOT defined in any headers. In fact, the
>    definition is commented out. WHY ? Will this function not be
>    supported in the future ? What can I use in replacement ?

Is this DJGPP v1.x?  In v2.0, the prototype is on <sys/stat.h>, and it is 
NOT commented out.

I don't think it will ever disappear from DJGPP (some popular programs 
use it), but you should be aware that it is not portable, not even to 
other DOS compilers.