opendir fails with NetApp/FAT

[Benjamin Low]

This problem appears to be a NetApp issue - or at least can be fixed by
upgrading the NetApp o/s.

Upgrading to 5.3.6r2 has fixed the problem for myself and at least one
other Cygwin+NetApp user.


Benjamin Low wrote:

> Cygwin 1.1.3 (also reported with 1.1.2) seems to have a problem with the
> opendir system call on a NetApp CIFS share.
> 
> Apparently this issue has been around for a couple of months - without
> resolution. (refs.
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-07/msg00144.html
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-07/msg00686.html
> )
> 
...
> but an opendir fails:
> $ ls /h
> $                  (no output)
> $ ls -l /h
> total 0
...

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