Re: errno from open(<directory>) ?

[Tim Rühsen]

On 05/22/2017 12:58 PM, Tim Rühsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> on GNU/Linux open() on a directory returns -1 and sets errno to EISDIR.
> 
> Built on MinGW / Win32 the same open sets errno to EACCES.
> 
> 
> We currently use a work-around like
> +     int rc = open(pathname, flags, mode);
> +#ifdef _WIN32
> +     if (rc < 0 && errno == EACCES) {
> +             DWORD attrs = GetFileAttributes(pathname);
> +             if (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
> +                     errno = EISDIR;
> +     }
> +#endif
> 
> Could you consider to adjust the behavior of gnulib's open() similarly,
> or is there any reason against it ?

And if you apply something like that, please be so kind and mention
Akash Rawal, one of our GSOC students who came up with this code.

With Best Regards, Tim

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