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> But why you'll have to search whole directory (worst case) in order to see
> if some file exists? It's wasting of time. Let the OS (not DOS, but true
> OS :-) handle it. That function is not crucial, but these DOS-isms (like
> whole FA_* attribs thing) makes me sad :-( But never mind, I give up.
I think I have found the solution that will make us both happy :-)
I'll modify the POSIX al_findfirst() so as to let it use stat() when the
pattern it is passed hasn't got any wildcard.
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Eric Botcazou
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