Revision 32985: faSymLink = $00000400 platform;

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Bart1-23-2016 15:02 UTC

Hi,

In revision 32985 faSymlink got a platform modifier. The same goes for for faHidden.

However these constants are used cross-platform in FindFirst/FindNext. On *nix faSymlink determines wether or not symlinks are followed in FF/FN and faHidden is returned for files that start with a period.

Q: why "platform"?

Bart

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Graeme Geldenhuys1-23-2016 20:00 UTC

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Bart wrote
Q: why "platform"?

Because they don't apply or exist on all platforms. Think OS/2, Haiku etc. that use different file systems to the usual linux and Windows ones.

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Bart1-24-2016 00:00 UTC

to Graeme Geldenhuys

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote
> Q: why "platform"? Because they don't apply or exist on all platforms. Think OS/2, Haiku etc. that use different file systems to the usual linux and Windows ones.

OK.
Better to ask than to file a bugreport;-)

Bart

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Revision 32985: faSymLink = $00000400 platform;