From: "Inpromptu "
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Date sent: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 03:01:22 +0800
Subject: [fpc-pascal]FindFirst/FindNext question Send reply to:
Hi,
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When I look for directories using
FindFirst(mypath,Directory,mySearchRec) from the dos unit, I can't
see a difference between a real Directory and a link (on liunux
systems). How can I do that? I'm using dos unit because I have to
keep my source code TP6.0 compatible, but if i don't have other
choice, i would avoid all Borland compatibility... I prefer
FreePascal... Thanks, and excuse my english...
the Dos unit interface was created with DOS in mind, so more advanced concepts like links, three levels of permissions, owners, different times, ..., are somewhat difficult to indicate using the limited amount of available fields. In theory, we might modify the RTL functions to use something like the SysFile bit in file attributes to indicate non-standard files, but it's questionable, whether it would probably hurt compatibility in the end. If you want to distinct platform specific features like links, you should use platform specific calls for this -I don't program for Linux myself, but I'd suggest to use the FStat call from unit Linux (Unix in FPC 1.1) for this.
ps:Do not use acronyms like IMO, OTOH, or such, because i don't
OK, ;-) I've tried - I only used RTL and DOS... ;-)
understand WTF stand for... ;). I think this acronyms are a problem
for all non-english readers.
Well, they don't impose a bigger problem for me, for example, although I'm definitely no native speaker / reader. Not so many of them are really used, so it isn't that difficult to get used to them (and if you find one not yet known to you, you can always look it up in some list acronym list). But it's just a subjective opinion, of course.
Tomas
