I have been fighting a problem with a compiled C program and seem to have narrowed it down. When file names contain special characters such as the n with the tilde above it (ñ), stat() works fine on 32 bit machines, but fails on 64 bit machines (both windows 7 and server 2008 R2).
At the end of the this email is source code of a small test program to demonstrate the issue. Of course, the C:\ directory must contain the Mañana.doc and Manana.doc files. I can provide a compiled version if needed. The program is compiled on Cygwin version 1.5.25, GCC version 3.4.4. On 32 bit machines, stat() succeeds for both files, on 64 bit machines, the stat() of Manana.doc succeeds but Mañana.doc fails. Can someone please test and confirm if this is, indeed, a bug? Thanks, Leon V *************start of source code**************************** #include <string.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <time.h> #include <windows.h> #include <winbase.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <dirent.h> #include <curl/curl.h> #include <pthread.h> #include <sys/wait.h> #include <cygwin/wait.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { char filename[100]; int rtn; strcpy(filename, "C:\\Mañana.doc"); printf("filename is ***%s***\n",filename); struct stat fileStat; rtn = stat(filename,&fileStat); printf("stat return code is: %d\n", rtn); strcpy(filename, "C:\\Manana.doc"); printf("filename is ***%s***\n",filename); rtn = stat(filename,&fileStat); printf("stat return code is: %d\n", rtn); return(0); } *************end of source code***************************** -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple