On 05/22/2017 12:58 PM, Tim Rühsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on GNU/Linux open() on a directory returns -1 and sets errno to EISDIR.
>
> Built on MinGW / Win32 the same open sets errno to EACCES.
>
>
> We currently use a work-around like
> + int rc = open(pathname, flags, mode);
> +#ifdef _WIN32
> + if (rc < 0 && errno == EACCES) {
> + DWORD attrs = GetFileAttributes(pathname);
> + if (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
> + errno = EISDIR;
> + }
> +#endif
>
> Could you consider to adjust the behavior of gnulib's open() similarly,
> or is there any reason against it ?And if you apply something like that, please be so kind and mention Akash Rawal, one of our GSOC students who came up with this code. With Best Regards, Tim
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