Correct. StdLib attempts to use the "everything is a file" paradigm, like Unix and other Operating Systems do.
Daryl McDaniel "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." -- Bjarne Stoustrup -----Original Message----- From: David F. [mailto:df7...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:16 AM To: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] stdlib: using open() to opendir() ? I guess under the *nix environment open can be used to open a dir...so.... On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:13 AM, David F. <df7...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it standard to use open() to open a dir. Shouldn't open() fail if > it's a dir normally?? You could setup a support opendirandfile() and > open() could call that and opendir() could call that from which they > could then check the attributes to determine if a file or dir and fail > open() for dir and fail file for opendir() ?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
