Re: Bug in Borland C++ 2.0 stat() ?

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From: Jan-Pieter Cornet
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 11:09

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mark@snark.itc.gu.edu.au (Mark Hessling) writes:

>Based on the following comparison of the output of the following program
>compiled with Borland C++ 2.0 and Microsoft C 6.00, it seems that there
>is a bug in the Borland stat() function whenever the root directory is
>referenced.

>Can anyone with Borland C++ 3.0/3.1 test to see if the behavior of stat.c
>has changed from version 2.00 ?

Yes, it did. BC++ 3.0 displays the correct results for me.

[program to test the stat() function removed, results removed too]

What might've hit you is the fact that \ is the string-escape character
in C. It might be that when using the forward slash / as the path
separator, the BC++ 2.0 stat() function will function as expected.

I don't know why BC++ 2.0 behaves erratic with that \, because the
string escape is normally a compile-time issue.

-- Jan-Pieter
cornet@duteca.et.tudelft.nl

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