kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/stat.texi

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  doc: Update regarding MSVC 9.
  
  * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Target Platforms): Classify MSVC as "rarely
  tested".
  * doc/posix-functions/*.texi: Update with info about MSVC 9.
  * doc/posix-headers/*.texi: Likewise.
  * doc/pastposix-functions/*.texi: Likewise.
  * doc/glibc-functions/*.texi: Likewise.
  * doc/glibc-headers/*.texi: Likewise.
  

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• @node stat
  @section @code{stat}
  @findex stat
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/stat.html}
  
  Gnulib module: stat
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{stat} may not correctly
  report the size of files or block devices larger than 2 GB.
  (Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
  @item
  On some platforms, @code{stat("link-to-file/",buf)} succeeds instead
  of failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
  FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, Solaris 9.
  @item
  On some platforms, @code{stat(".",buf)} and @code{stat("./",buf)} give
  different results:
  mingw, MSVC 9.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  Cygwin's @code{stat} function sometimes sets @code{errno} to @code{EACCES} when
  @code{ENOENT} would be more appropriate.
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{st_ino} is always 0.
  @item
  Because of the definition of @code{struct stat}, it is not possible to
  portably replace @code{stat} via an object-like macro.  Therefore,
  expressions such as @code{(islnk ? lstat : stat) (name, buf)} are not
  portable, and should instead be written @code{islnk ? lstat (name,
  buf) : stat (name, buf)}.
  @end itemize
  

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