On Feb 21 12:55, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
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> Please, don't http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU
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> On Feb 21 11:34, Nick Lowe wrote:
> > I really should subscribe to get individual messages and not just the
> > digest so that I can reply properly. Sorry!
> >
> > > Just call NtOpenDirectoryObj
Please, don't http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU
On Feb 21 11:34, Nick Lowe wrote:
> I really should subscribe to get individual messages and not just the
> digest so that I can reply properly. Sorry!
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> > Just call NtOpenDirectoryObject on \\SYSTEMROOT, rather than
> > NtOpenSymbolicLinkObjec
I really should subscribe to get individual messages and not just the
digest so that I can reply properly. Sorry!
> Just call NtOpenDirectoryObject on \\SYSTEMROOT, rather than
> NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject.
I would have thought that NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject would have been the
more correct approac
On Feb 21 10:26, Nick Lowe wrote:
> I have just tested this and it works. It is faster, simpler and has
> less overheads than querying the registry for a potentially stale
> value.
>
> Just call NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject for \SYSTEMROOT with a
> DesiredAccess of 0 and no attributes flags in the OBJ
I have just tested this and it works. It is faster, simpler and has
less overheads than querying the registry for a potentially stale
value.
Just call NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject for \SYSTEMROOT with a
DesiredAccess of 0 and no attributes flags in the OBJECT_ATTRIBUTES
structure.
This will fail with
OK, fair enough, it is an edge case... I am a stickler for correctness! :P
Looking at previous threads though actually, I notice that the
following is documented by Microsoft regarding the obcaseinsensitive
value:
"If this setting is enabled, case insensitivity is enforced for all
directory objec
On Feb 21 08:59, Nick Lowe wrote:
> Dear Cygwin Developers,
>
> shared_info::init_obcaseinsensitive in shared.cc has, in my opinion,
> been implemented incorrectly.
>
> The value of the obcaseinsensitive value in the registry only
> represents how the object manager will be on next reboot and not
Grr, I hit send before finishing writing this. I meant to write:
"Then, check for existence of the uppercase or lowercase form of the
path (choose appropriate casing based on the existing casing) with
NtQueryAttributesFile ensuring, obviously, that the
OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE flag is not set."
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