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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:59:31 +0200
From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Symlinks & fstat
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Not-yet-posted symlink code in fstat() needs serious reconsideration
with FSEXT support in readlink. The problem is that fstat() is yet 
another function which needs to know how does a symlink look. I see two
ways to handle this:

1) Use the file name extracted from SFT, and pass that to readlink().
BTW, because SFT actually has file name, it might be possible to
implement fchmod() in DOS. I put it in my TODO[*].

2) Move most of the code in readlink() to __internal_readlink() or
something like that, which would accept either file name or handle,
and provide FSEXT hook there.

Any ideas which one is better?
Personally I prefer the first way, if the info in SFT is reliable.

[*]. At the end of it, for known reasons.

Laurynas