I'm running into an issue.
To my understanding, when lstat() returns -1 (FAILURE) it's because it
hit a broken link?
If that is not the case, then how can i retrieve information on either
a broken link, or even a soft link?
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:03:37 -0700 (PDT), onLINES
<do*******@gmai l.comwrote in comp.lang.c:
I'm running into an issue.
To my understanding, when lstat() returns -1 (FAILURE) it's because it
hit a broken link?
If that is not the case, then how can i retrieve information on either
a broken link, or even a soft link?
There are no functions named stat() or lstat() in the C standard
library, they are extensions provided by your compiler and operating
system. That makes them off-topic here.
You need to ask this question in a group that supports your particular
compiler/OS combination. Based on the headers in your post, it is
possible that news:comp.os.ms-windows.program mer.win32 might be a good
choice.
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onLINES <dopeli...@gmai l.comwrote:
I'm running into an issue.
To my understanding, when lstat() returns -1 (FAILURE)
it's because it hit a broken link?
If that is not the case, then how can i retrieve
information on either a broken link, or even a soft link?
lstat is not a standard C function. I suggest you take your
question to POSIX or *nix group. I also suggest you RTM and
Google your question before posting.
--
Peter
onLINES wrote, On 30/09/08 03:03:
I'm running into an issue.
To my understanding, when lstat() returns -1 (FAILURE) it's because it
hit a broken link?
If that is not the case, then how can i retrieve information on either
a broken link, or even a soft link?
stat and stat are not part of the C standard. They are, however,
extensions provided on Unix. So I suggest you ask on
comp.unix.progr ammer where there are lots of people who know about Unix
extensions.
It is possible that someone here will provide what looks like a useful
answer, but as the real experts are not here but over in
comp.unix.progr ammer there is a real possibility that any errors on what
they say won't be corrected (or better solutions be pointed out) and
such errors might not show up until you try demonstrating the code to
your boss.
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If emailing me use my reply-to address
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On 30 Sep 2008 at 2:03, onLINES wrote:
To my understanding, when lstat() returns -1 (FAILURE) it's because it
hit a broken link?
If that is not the case, then how can i retrieve information on either
a broken link, or even a soft link?
You are quite mistaken. lstat() will stat the symlink itself, and not
the file that it refers to. Since it therefore never tries to follow the
link, how could it know it's broken?
If you try to stat() a broken link, stat() will return -1 and set errno
to indicate that there is no such file or directory.
The stat(2) manpage lists all the possible things errno can be set to.
onLINES wrote:
I'm running into an issue.
To my understanding, when lstat() returns -1 (FAILURE) it's because it
hit a broken link?
As per my understanding (of the POSIX manual page of lstat) your
understanding is wrong
If that is not the case, then how can i retrieve information on either
a broken link, or even a soft link?
[OT]
Assuming you mean the lstat from POSIX:
Whether the filename fed to lstat() is a symbolic link is encoded into
st_mode, which will have S_IFLINK set in this case.
stat() will report an error if operating on an orphaned symbolic link, so
first call lstat(), check whether st_mode has S_IFLINK set, then call stat
and check whether it fails with ernno set to ENOENT
[/OT]
Bye, Jojo
Flash Gordon <sm**@spam.caus eway.comwrites:
onLINES wrote, On 30/09/08 03:03:
>I'm running into an issue.
To my understanding, when lstat() returns -1 (FAILURE) it's because
it
hit a broken link?
If that is not the case, then how can i retrieve information on either
a broken link, or even a soft link?
stat and stat are not part of the C standard. They are, however,
extensions provided on Unix. So I suggest you ask on
comp.unix.progr ammer where there are lots of people who know about
Unix extensions.
[...]
But if you ask this question on comp.unix.progr ammer, their first
question for you will be why you didn't read the documentation first.
So read the documentation first.
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