Re: lstat returns bogus values.

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> The "kernelly-corrected" stuff should have been returned by lstat()
>
>What should lstat return for a cdrom device node that has no medium?
>Should "ls -l /dev/cdrom" block until you have inserted a CD?
>
Given that /dev/cdrom is a symlink on many systems, it should just 
dereference the symlink :)


Jan Engelhardt
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