On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:55:59, Houder wrote: [snip] > So, in general this piece of code should NOT be executed. And I doubt if > it is ever reached in case of a device path, like \\.\e: (did not check).
Did check. Using my modified code (and debugger). Yes, the code snippet is reached in case of \\.\e: However it acts as a no-opt in that case. 64-@@ stat '\\.\e:' File: \\.\e: Size: 219 Blocks: 6294892 IO Block: 65536 regular file Device: c3h/195d Inode: 264012044752017013 Links: 0 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 1000/ Henri) Gid: ( 513/ None) Access: 16517-07-08 10:41:04.823790000 +0200 Modify: 24765-07-23 04:41:36.216813500 +0200 Change: 27044-04-14 13:59:54.642955700 +0200 Birth: - 64-@@ stat '\\.\e:\' stat: cannot stat '\\.\e:\': Not a directory As I said already, the snippet should NOT be executed in general. Perhaps it is another left-over from old times that should have been deleted. Henri -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
