Re: [MiNT] Dopendir() return values

["Jean-François Lemaire" <jflemaire@skynet.be>]

On Tuesday 01 Nov 2011 17:39:09 Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> writes:
> > On 11/01/11 15:10, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >> Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> writes:
> >>> But that wasn't the original topic. It was explaining the return values
> >>> of Dopendir.
> >> 
> >> The point is that it does not fit with existing GEMDOS practice, which
> >> causes confusion, obviously.
> > 
> > Not in my eyes, the point is that it's an extension.
> > 
> > Dopendir is a un*x'ism, so it should follow what it's trying to emulate,
> > otherwise applications that use it, i.e. un*x apps, will fail with
> > inappropriate errors.
> 
> GEMDOS errors do not exactly fit the Unix errors, and those differences
> need to be kept in mind.

To sum up my original query: MiNT returns -33 for a non-existing directory, 
while the "semi-official" doc never mentions -33 as a possible value for 
Dopendir() but any of -34, -36 and -39. This led me to write buggy code, so 
something is wrong. Either the doc, or the returned value. I personnaly don't 
care which one.

Cheers,
JFL
-- 
Jean-François Lemaire