Re: [AD] About findfirst (2)

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Subject: Re: [AD] About findfirst (2)
From: "Eric Botcazou" <ebotcazou@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:37:32 +0200

> Why don't use stat() to implement file_exists()? At least on Unix/POSIX as
> findfirst() is also emulated using stat() (and open/readdir() of course).

Because of its semantics: file_exists() supports the attributes of
files, therefore it needs the attribute emulation for POSIX that
al_findfirst() provides.

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Eric Botcazou
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