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Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 19:16:57 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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To: DJGPP workers <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Request: S_IFSOCK & S_ISSOCK in sys/stat.h
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Hello.

I was wondering if it would be possible to add definitions for S_IFSOCK
and S_ISSOCK to sys/stat.h:

#define S_IFSOCK 0x6000
#define S_ISSOCK (((m) & 0xf000) == S_IFSOCK)

Some value other than 0x6000 could be used.

I ask because it would make writing libsocket's stat() support easier. No
patches to sys/stat.h would be required, which is easier not only for me,
but also end users of the library.

A reason why you would not want to do this: autoconf scripts might think
that DJGPP has sockets support on finding S_IFSOCK? This seems unlikely
though.

Bye,

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