----Original Message---- >From: thomas.revell >Sent: 22 April 2005 12:09
> Does anyone know how I can simulate the d_type field? Or if it's even > relevant in Cygwin at all? > > Any advice will be much appreciated. > > Regards, > > Thomas Revell The posix standard says the only thing you can *absolutely* rely on to be there is the d_name field, even the d_ino is an XSI extension. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/dirent.h.html If you want to know the type of a file, you have to stat (...) it. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
