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[WISH] Unix.fstat and symlinks for win32
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| From: | Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@c...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] [WISH] Unix.fstat and symlinks for win32 |
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Christophe TROESTLER wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a small note to tell that I think it would be nice to have
> support for Unix.*stat on win32. Not all characteristics may make
> sense but [file_kind], [st_size], [st_perm], [st_*time] do.
>
> Also, why not treat *.lnk as symbolic links under win32? IMHO it
> would be more an asset than an hindrance.
FWIW, the Cygwin version of O'Caml has Unix.*stat, *and* treats (certain
kinds of) shortcuts as symlinks.
Igor Pechtchanski, volunteer O'Caml maintainer for Cygwin
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