Date:	Wed, 12 May 1999 10:03:11 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Alain Magloire <alainm AT rcsm DOT ece DOT mcgill DOT ca>
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Subject:	Re: realpath()
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On Tue, 11 May 1999, Alain Magloire wrote:

> >  It should be easy to add a simple wrapper around _fixpath.  Volunteers
> >  are welcome :
> 
> Here is a crude workaround.

Thanks.

>   if (stat(file_name, &stbuf) != 0)
>      return 0;

`stat' is too expensive for this.  Use `__file_exist' or `access'
instead.  (I think `access' is a better alternative for
Unix-compatibility functions, since it doesn't fail for root
directories and devices.)

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