site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=meg.abyt.es; s=google; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:reply-by:x-message:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=pXg6vU9eH29sixGcAxUP0jCmnWmjFroIxHZy3mHByRw=; b=W7BfISTc+Wb/+eAHC1iQ8I6C0BRiNtEW8KuEo+lK0Hv3itA3fCc/K0gdQwxMaTqF/4 Dok3lKjTmzlrFPbpOEGE9cxNvn3wCwtiU9XkSY9kKxKnPU8Qd3v2XTDx/k8myRE5XWU4 YIA/9lU4QSK4fTTQqWQCWpevCcwLpFVjqrJ0U= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=meg.abyt.es; s=google; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:reply-by :x-message:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; b=be3+y9J9fafyTNoNpkPF/ZwTYv4UztzeFGNIgj2qENectrOm8cOfPeelAyruY7dCGK h0Qi82tK/qaOIXH3ruO/dE3y2Rh6qqrYogY2A45E8BZLVZWkFYh2EcnSN+9aTNBpXGAa 3z76gwcN8e0UX39oYefKICmVafs1kGQDNMnGo= Reply-by: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:20:00 -0600 User-agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.32-30-server; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) On Tuesday 22 March 2011 13:03:15 James Peach wrote:

On 22 March 2011 06:08, Steven Abner <pheonix@zoomtown.com> wrote:

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Hi , I was working on Mac symlinks(unix style) and encountered things I couldn't find information on through web searches. I was thinking these are Mac specific flags and meanings, so with that intro: when you lstat() a symlink, lstat states that st_size will be the size of the pathname for the link, what does it mean when it is a link with st_size = 0, yet it does have a link?

I believe that the st_size of a symlink is a filesystem implementation detail. You should not rely on it for anything serious.

That may be, but it's still in POSIX: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/lstat.html I just verified on my own system that it is working correctly for an HFS+ filesystem. The OP may wish to verify his own code is working correctly by comparing his output to that of 'stat -x {file}'. -- Tilghman _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com