Re: [Mingw-users] Regarding access() and __mingw_access()

[James <jam...@op...>]

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 10:10 +0800, JonY wrote:
> James wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 18:26 +0800, JonY wrote:
> >> I am confused about what __mingw_access actually does. From what I read, 
> >> I tries to fix the X_ok problem in Vista.
> >>
> >> So, what exactly is the difference between access() and __mingw_access()?
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, I have little experience in C, so can some one enlighten me?
> > 
> > From what I can gather, the Vista shipped version of the C library
> > returns an error when X_OK is passed in the flags, where as previous
> > versions of the C library did not (they ignored the X_OK flag).  The
> > MinGW version of the function ignores the X_OK flag, to behave like the
> > old C library functionality.  See here -
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2007-05/msg00228.html
> > 

> So to enable programs to work correctly under Vista, I must pass 
> -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS to gcc and rebuild my programs and libraries?

I would imagine so, or remove any reference to X_OK by hand, and then
rebuild things.

Not being a Vista user I may be wrong.  Take a look in your MinGW header
files to see how it was finally implemented, and what you should do to
invoke the workaround.

Cheers,
James.