Re: OPEN problem on Cygwin.

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <160...@ho...>
> * On the subject of "Re: OPEN problem on Cygwin."
> * Sent on Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:41:34 +0200 (CEST)
> * Honorable Bruno Haible <br...@cl...> writes:
>
> > On Cygwin, the /dev/tty file exists, but the directory /dev does not. WE 
> > get this:
> > 
> >   [1]> (with-open-file (x "/dev/tty"))
> > 
> >   *** - nonexistent directory: #P"/dev/"
> > 
> > Second-guessing the operating system's path component resolution
> > strategy not only wastes cycles, but leads to incorrect guesses when
> > the operating system recognizes special cases.
> 
> CLISP generally assumes a POSIX like filesystem, especially on Unix
> platforms (and Cygwin presents itself as a Unix platform).
> 
> Hack the special cases into stream.d:stat_for_search().

1. where would I get the "struct stat" to emulate "/dev" existance?

2. I am confused: stat_for_search() has

        if (asciz_equal(pathstring,"/proc")) { errno = ENOENT; return -1; }

   but this works:

     (with-open-file (s "/proc/uptime") (read-line s))
        "49206.78 47743.21" ;


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