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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Still having lstat trouble
From: lists@block-online.eu (Oliver Block)

Am Samstag, 26. Mai 2007 02:29 schrieben Sie:
> Right, so the (ssb.sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) is S_IFDIR which is basically
> the OS telling us that it is a directory.  I don't see what we can do if
> the OS is not telling us the right thing.  The filestat code is a bit
> convoluted trying to deal with lots of strange operating systems, but
> this part of it seems pretty clear.

OK. But let me mention (without knowing the source code of stat) that 

stat --format=%F /tmp/link-test

returns 'symbolic link'

So there must be different methods to find out!?

Regards,

Oliver