From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2005-09-06T11:41:28+09:00
Subject: Re: File::stat(any).ino => 0 [WAS] Re: Help me clean up this method

Ara.T.Howard wrote:

<snip>

> so, just to re-state the bug: File::stat(anypath).ino is always zero under the
> one click installer, but not under cygwin using the default or compiling by
> hand.

Generally speaking, File.stat on Windows is not reliable.  Too many of
that Stat members are either meaningless or wrong.  Revamping it is on
my TODO list for the win32-file package.

Regards,

Dan