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Win32: mingw_unlink: support symlinks to directories
_wunlink() / DeleteFileW() refuses to delete symlinks to directories. If _wunlink() fails with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED, try _wrmdir() as well. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <[email protected]>
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@@ -376,6 +376,13 @@ int mingw_unlink(const char *pathname)
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return 0;
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if (!is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()))
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break;
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/*
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* _wunlink() / DeleteFileW() for directory symlinks fails with
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* ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED (EACCES), so try _wrmdir() as well. This is the
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* same error we get if a file is in use (already checked above).
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*/
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if (!_wrmdir(wpathname))
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return 0;
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} while (retry_ask_yes_no(&tries, "Unlink of file '%s' failed. "
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"Should I try again?", pathname));
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return -1;

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