[fpc-devel]fpStat() and LinuxError

[Jeff Pohlmeyer]

How do I get the error code for fpStat() ?

The oldlinux.stat() function returns FALSE on failure, and sets LinuxError.

The libc.stat() function returns (-1) on failure, and sets errno.

The baseunix.fpStat() function returns (-1) on failure, 
but it does not set LinuxError. 

If I call fpStat() on a non-existing file, "strace" shows 
the error is ENOENT, but LinuxError is still zero.

( I am using 1.9.0 [2003/11/05] for i386/Linux )


program stat_test;
uses unix, baseunix, errors;
var 
  info: stat;
  err: LongInt;
const 
  fn = 'nosuch.file';
begin
  err:=fpStat(fn, info);
  if ( err <> 0 ) then 
  begin
    pError(fn, LinuxError); // Success ?
    pError('Error', err); // (-1) ?
  end;
end.


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