From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <199808222118.XAA29605@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: Re: stat c:/con
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP-WORKERS)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 23:18:08 +0200 (MET DST)
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> IMHO, this is a bug.  Either `stat' should avoid calling
> `_is_executable' on devices, or `_is_executable' should fail
> immediately, without reading, when presented with a file that's really a
> device.  I'm not sure which is better.

Well, better to correct the bug at the source. Devices can't ever be
executed, or? If they can't then _is_executable shouldn't try to read
from a device.


Silence,

							MartinS