#include #include #include int wrapped_stat (path, buffer) const char *path; struct stat *buffer; { char statpath[1024]; int rs; strcpy(statpath, path); strip_trailing_slashes (statpath); if(strcmp(statpath, ".") == 0) getwd(statpath); if ((rs = stat (statpath, buffer)) < 0) { /* If stat() fails try again after appending ".dir" to the filename this allows you to stat things like "bloogle/CVS" from VMS 6.1 */ strcat(statpath, ".dir"); rs = stat (statpath, buffer); } return rs; }