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Re: lstat(), lstat64()

by Linux-48 :: Rate this Message:

Works for me and may work fo others who need to identify whether a
directory entry is link to a file or a directory.

I don't like it myself. Time permitting, I will create lstat() function
wrapper for MinGW.

Hans

On Mon, 2012-02-20 at 09:35 -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Linux <linux@...> wrote:
> > I noticed that the lstat() and lstat64() functions and S_ISLNK flag are
> > not available with MinGW.
> >
>
> Yes, Windows does not provide the functions.
>
> >
> > I used this workaround:
> >
>
> I wouldn't call it a work around. It is more the way to do it on Windows.
>

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