Re: POSIX ruling on up-to-date vs. identical timestamps

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Smith <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:18:35 -0400
> 
> > The main problem is that this requires to write a replacement 'stat'
> > (not rocket science).
> 
> Can't we just #define stat(_p,_b) _stat(_p,_b)?  Not sure if that's
> sufficient: I'm not overly familiar with the limitations on the POSIX
> emulation functions in Windows.

_stat *is* the problem: the time-related members of the structure it
returns report time only at 1-sec resolution.

We need a replacement that supports sub-second resolution in
additional members, like on some Posix platforms.  Not a big deal, but
Someone(TM) needs to sit down and write the code.