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dont-confuse-a-xyz.lnk-directory-for-a-lnk-file-cygwin-v1

dont-confuse-a-xyz.lnk-directory-for-a-lnk-file-cygwin-v1: path_conv: do not get confused by a directory with `.lnk` suffix
@dscho dscho tagged this 17 Jan 20:19 
When trying to create a directory called `xyz` in the presence of a
directory `xyz.lnk`, the Cygwin runtime errors out with an `ENOENT`.

The root cause is actually a bit deeper: the `symlink_info::check()`
method tries to figure out whether the given path refers to a symbolic
link as emulated via `.lnk` files, but since it is a directory, that is
not the case, and that hypothesis is rejected.

However, the `fileattr` field is not cleared, so that a later
`.exists()` call on the instance mistakenly thinks that the symlink
actually exists. Let's clear that field.

This fixes https://github.com/msys2/msys2-runtime/issues/81

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Submitted-As: https://public-inbox.org/git/e4230b2bc45903850a4007c6f556bffe1507cc9e.1642450788.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de
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