Re: [PATCH] Add a new lstat implementation based on Win32 API, and make stat use that implementation too.

From: Douglas Stockwell <doug@11011.net>
Date: Sep 6, 2007, 23:31 UTC
Message-ID: <46E08DE9.4060701@11011.net>
In-Reply-To: <85bqcfbvpe.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>

David Kastrup wrote:

> If anybody is as fortunate as to actually have Vista available, it
> would be nice if he corroborated that relative links under Vista are
> indeed (as Microsoft appears to claim) relative with regard to the
> current work directory rather than the directory containing the link.

I believe the wording "resolves the path relative to the current directory" actually refers to the creation of links, not to their use.

C:\stest>ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]

C:\stest>echo test > file

C:\stest>mkdir links

C:\stest>cd links

C:\stest\links>echo links > file

C:\stest\links>mklink relative file symbolic link created for relative <<===>> file

C:\stest\links>mklink dotted .\file symbolic link created for dotted <<===>> .\file

C:\stest\links>mklink parent ..\file symbolic link created for parent <<===>> ..\file

C:\stest\links>mklink rooted \stest\links\file symbolic link created for rooted <<===>> \stest\links\file

C:\stest\links>mklink absolute c:file symbolic link created for absolute <<===>> c:file

C:\stest\links>dir 07/09/2007 08:09 AM <DIR> . 07/09/2007 08:09 AM <DIR> .. 07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> absolute [C:\stest\links\file] 07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> dotted [.\file] 07/09/2007 08:09 AM 8 file 07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> parent [..\file] 07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> relative [file] 07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> rooted [\stest\links\file]

C:\stest\links>cd ..

C:\stest>type links\relative links

C:\stest>type links\dotted links

C:\stest>type links\parent test

C:\stest>type links\rooted links

C:\stest>type links\absolute links

C:\stest>mkdir a

C:\stest>echo a > a\file

C:\stest>move links a
         1 dir(s) moved.

C:\stest>type a\links\relative links

C:\stest>type a\links\dotted links

C:\stest>type a\links\parent a

C:\stest>type a\links\rooted The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\stest>type a\links\absolute The system cannot find the path specified.