Re: mingw remove bug

[Eric Blake]

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According to Ben Pfaff on 9/14/2009 5:51 PM:
>> +  /* Mingw remove("file/") fails with EINVAL, instead of the required
>> +     ENOTDIR.  */
>> +  if (ISSLASH (name[len - 1]))
>> +    {
>> +      errno = ENOTDIR;
>> +      return -1;
>> +    }
> 
> I believe that this will return ENOTDIR for a file whose name
> ends in '/' or '\' and on which lstat() fails (e.g. for a file
> that doesn't exist).

I tested; it failed with EINVAL on mingw.  And on Solaris 8,
unlink("file/") succeeds at removing file; I need to test whether
remove("file/") succeeds as well, or else enhance remove.m4 to work around
that bug too.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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