On Oct 30, 2007 4:10 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My question now is what specific kernel32 functions Python 2.4 > >> calls to determine that NUL is a file; before that question > >> is sufficiently answered, I don't think any action should be > >> taken. > >> > > > > os.path.exist() in win32 just calls os.stat() and decides it doesn't > > exist if an error is returned. os.stat() uses the vcrt stat()in 2.4, > > but 2.5 implements it directly in terms of win32 api to deal with > > limitations in the vcrt implementation. > > That doesn't really answer the question, though - you merely state > that Python 2.4 calls the CRT, but then my question is still what > kernel32 functions are called to have stat on NUL succeed. >
I'm not 100% (it calls it through a function pointer and I'm not sure I tracked it down correctly), but I think it calls it through the C stat() function. In other words, it doesn't use any kernel32 functions directly, it calls the stat() that's exported from the MSVCRT. > > Interestingly, plain old GetFileAttributes() works, and returns > > FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE for them. > > What about the other attributes (like modification time, size, etc)? > GetFileAttributes() doesn't return those, just the FAT filesystem attributes. GetFileSize and GetFileTime fail. > Regards, > Martin > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
