• James Dunne (9/9) Aug 27 2005 int exists(char[] name)
• Ben Hinkle (4/13) Aug 27 2005 fwiw, the unittests on Linux fail in std.math (line 247), std.file (on t...

James Dunne <james.jdunne gmail.com> writes:

int exists(char[] name)
{
*  return access(toStringz(name),0) != 0;

should be

*  return access(toStringz(name), 0) == 0;

0 is used as the success value for access, according to the man pages.  It
should also return a bit/bool, not int.

Regards,
James Dunne

"Ben Hinkle" <ben.hinkle gmail.com> writes:

"James Dunne" <james.jdunne gmail.com> wrote in message 
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 int exists(char[] name)
 {
 *  return access(toStringz(name),0) != 0;

 should be

 *  return access(toStringz(name), 0) == 0;

 0 is used as the success value for access, according to the man pages.  It
 should also return a bit/bool, not int.

 Regards,
 James Dunne

fwiw, the unittests on Linux fail in std.math (line 247), std.file (on the 
issue you mention) and std.boxer (I can't remember which line).