Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:07:30 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Roger <xyzzy AT snafu DOT fubar>
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Subject: Re: access() in DJGPP and TC/BC
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On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Roger wrote:

> If programming for POSIX environments the macros must be used or
> the source code isn't portable.

Unfortunately, making your source work on POSIX system only means it
is not very portable.  Some widely-used Unix varieties (such as SunOS)
are non-POSIX, and almost all C libraries for MS platforms are
non-POSIX.  `stat' is usually more portable in those cases.