[MLton] OS.FileSys.isDir
Michael Norrish
Michael Norrish <Michael.Norrish@nicta.com.au>
Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:20:23 +1000
Stephen Weeks writes:
> > Under MoscowML, isDir returns false for symbolic links that are
> > links to directories. Under MLton, isDir returns true. Which is
> > correct?
> Hmmm. All the implementations of SML that I have, including Moscow
> ML, return true. The MLton implementation of OS.FileSys.isDir uses
> the Posix stat() system call followed by S_ISDIR, just as I expect
> the other implementations do when on a Unixish system. I can't
> imagine how returning false is the right behavior. If you want to
> look at a symbolic link, use Posix.FileSys.lstat.
Sorry, you're quite right.
I will just have to rewrite my code to check isLink first.
Will endeavour to check my rash claims more thoroughly next time!
Michael.