Paul Eggert wrote:
> This misfeature is by design. It's called "file system tunneling". See, for
> example:
>
> http://dfstream.blogspot.com/2012/02/file-system-tunneling-in-windows.html
Thanks. It's worth extending the comment:
2017-05-14 Bruno Haible
stat-time tests: Improve comm
Bruno Haible wrote:
Strangely enough, when you create a file, delete it, create it again (with the
same name), then the st_ctime field will contain the time of the first creation.
This misfeature is by design. It's called "file system tunneling". See, for
example:
http://dfstream.blogspot.com
On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 06:06:03PM +0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > I did not realize that Windows could even support a proper
> > implementation of the struct stat st_dev and st_ino. I'd find this
> > useful in multiple programs, although in some of them I might really
> > just use the code you wri
Hi Ben,
> I did not realize that Windows could even support a proper
> implementation of the struct stat st_dev and st_ino. I'd find this
> useful in multiple programs, although in some of them I might really
> just use the code you write as an educational resource.
I've considered your wish. Th
With this adaptation of the 'same-inode' module, the 'stat' test
now passes on native Windows. (Well, it says "SKIP" because of missing
symbolic link support.)
2017-05-14 Bruno Haible
same-inode: Adapt for windows-stat-inodes.
* lib/same-inode.h: Include .
(SAME_INODE)
This patch implements the 'windows-stat-inodes' module, that provide good
st_dev and st_ino values on native Windows - at least for most files.
On files where it cannot do so (unreadable files or directories), it sets
both fields to 0. This is not as good as Cygwin does; Cygwin provides
non-zero s
On native Windows, the 'test-stat-time' test works fine the first time I run it,
but fails in subsequent runs in the same build directory.
Strangely enough, when you create a file, delete it, create it again (with the
same name), then the st_ctime field will contain the time of the first creation.
One more adaptation of module 'stat-time' for the 'struct stat'
with 'struct timespec' fields on Windows:
2017-05-14 Bruno Haible
stat-time: Adapt for windows-stat-timespec.
* lib/stat-time.h (get_stat_birthtime) [_GL_WINDOWS_STAT_TIMESPEC]: Use
entire st_ctim field.
