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

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Sep 7, 2007, 06:36 UTC
Message-ID: <85ir6n7zjb.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
In-Reply-To: <46E08DE9.4060701@11011.net>

Douglas Stockwell <doug@11011.net> writes:

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> 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]

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Good. So we will ultimately be able to support symlinks on some Windows versions.

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