Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes: > >> Right. >> I did a survey, some time ago, of reasonable porting targets, and all >> had fchdir. Eventually I should remove the test for fchdir, too. > > FYI, mingw is another relatively-active porting target that lacks fchdir, > which would benefit from a good fchdir replacement. As to whether you > consider mingw a reasonable porting target, that's a different question > (native Windows tends to be quite far from POSIX to make it a very > difficult porting task).
Thanks. With so many systems lacking fchdir (BeOS, Tandem NSK/OSS, and now mingw), I suppose there is critical mass for adding fchdir support. I'm glad you're lending a hand.