From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: getting file attributes
Date: 9 Aug 2001 17:12:05 GMT
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Kurt Aistinger <kurt DOT aistinger AT chello DOT at> wrote:
> Hi!
> Is there a way how I can determine the attributes of a file with DJGPP?

The classic, albeit somewhat Unixoid way would be stat().

> Actually I want to know if a certain file is a directory.

The S_ISDIR() macro does that.

> The _dos_getfileattr() function doesn't support long filenames.

... and its docs already give you the link to stat(), which does. Why didn't
you see it right away?


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