compilig error: storage size of `st' isn't known (FAQ alert)

Christopher Faylor cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com
Wed Oct 6 15:13:00 GMT 2004


On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:29:45AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
>I'm trying to compile Linux program that starts like this:
>
>    int main(int argc, char **argv)
>    {
>      char **dirname = NULL;
>      int i,j,n,p,q,dtotal,ftotal,colored = FALSE;
>      struct stat64 st;
>
>But the compiler says:
>
>    tree.c: In function `main':
>    tree.c:204: error: storage size of `st' isn't known
>    tree.c:204: warning: unused variable `st'
>
>What needs to be done in Cygwin to see "struct stat" ?

There is no stat64 in cygwin.  Use stat.

This.  Is a recording.

I guess it should be a FAQ.

cgf

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