> Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > >> In any case, I'd consider the reported behaviour (for Linux) buggy - is > >> somebody going to fix it? Maybe the original reporter might add it to > >> our > >> bug repository? > > > > Problem is that it is "FileExists". On Windows a directory is not a file, > > under *nix it is. One some you even can edit a directory with a texteditor > > if you are brave. (most modern texteditors are protected against this, but > > often e.g. single user mode static tools aren't) > > The point is how the function is defined (and documented), not how it is > named,
That's exactly what I meant. It is defined in terms of "file", a concept that differs. Note that I don't mind if it is fixed. Personally I'd look what Kylix does, and follow that, otherwise we still have a difference somewhere. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal