On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 06:52  AM, Ned Konz wrote:

>> However now that exists: if it's a directory is ok, and considering
>> the bug below according Stephen's note the fallback position causes
>> the logic  to open the file using unix fopen, then do a read using
>> unix fread. That exposes another BUG.
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> Isn't it possible for a file to exist but not actually be readable?

Sure, via permissions you can deny yourself read access to your own  
file.

> I'd much prefer to expose stat() to the Squeak layers for Unix boxes.
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> Like the work you've done on the serial ports, it makes sense for some
> of this stuff to actually take care of the platform differences at
> the Squeak level, rather than in the primitives.
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Mmm thought/hope someone was rewriting, reviewing the file/steam  
classes, like the socket stuff.
Is stat() exist across  *all* unix or unix like or clib supported  
systems?

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