According to j.m.maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> how could lstat() cause a compilation problem? I prefer lstat over stat
> cause if I for example link the help files dir to a help files dir in my
> home directory (not that it would be usefull or anything :-), stat fails
> to recognise this...
That was not a compilation problem. That was problem #2.
According to the man:
lstat is identical to stat, except in the case of a symbolic link,
where the link itself is stat-ed, not the file that it refers to.
So I don't want to lstat() the link since I'll follow it anyway. I want to
open the file. So I use stat().
2 for the price of 1 donut :-)
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