Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 10:29:18 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: New function: lstat()
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> OK, here is reworked patch:
> 
>  - New stat.c is diffed against /dev/null
>  - lstat.c is diffed against old stat.c
>  - everything else has been left untouched.

Thanks!

> +int
> +stat(const char *path, struct stat *statbuf)
> +{
> +   return lstat(path, statbuf);
> +}

If this is all `stat' does, then it is identical to `lstat', right?
But AFAIK they should be different: if the file is a link, `lstat'
brings the info about the link, not about its target.  I would expect
`stat' to call `lstat' after it resolves the symlinks in its argument.

I also don't see any symlink-related code in (what now is) `lstat',
and lstat.txh doesn't say anything about symlinks.

What am I missing?