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From: Nazri Ramliy <ayiehere@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Implementing stat() with FindFirstFile()
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On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Magnus B=E4ck <baeck@swipnet.se> wrot=
e:
> Is there any reason why compat/win32.h uses GetFileAttributesEx()
> instead of FindFirstFile() to implement the stat() call on Windows?

This blog post explains checking file existence using GetFileAttributes=
(Ex) vs.
=46indFirstFile quite nicely:

    http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/10/23/5612082.aspx

nazri.