From 115da8be30313ce6c5738ce4f7409aba7c49f6c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 19:46:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use lstat for consistent behavior

---
 ostd/filesystem.hh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ostd/filesystem.hh b/ostd/filesystem.hh
index 4a3893b..a2f0c48 100644
--- a/ostd/filesystem.hh
+++ b/ostd/filesystem.hh
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct FileInfo {
 
 private:
     void init_from_str(ConstCharRange path) {
+        /* TODO: implement a version that will follow symbolic links */
         p_path = path;
 #ifdef OSTD_PLATFORM_WIN32
         WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA attr;
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ private:
             attr.dwFileAttributes == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
 #else
         struct stat st;
-        if (stat(p_path.data(), &st) < 0)
+        if (lstat(p_path.data(), &st) < 0)
 #endif
         {
             p_slash = p_dot = npos;