Behavior of stat() changed from NT to Win2000/XP

Mon May 26 14:12:00 GMT 2003

On Windows NT, the Cygwin stat function returns a non-zero value in
the st_size field when called on a directory. However, in Windows
2000 and Windows XP, this same function returns 0 for st_size for a
directory. This change in behavior has broken some features of mutt,
and possible other programs as well.
Attached is a very simple program called stat, that just calls the
stat() function and displays the results. It's called like this:
 stat PATH
If PATH is a file, stat always seems to return valid values in
st_size. However, if PATH is a directory, stat returns a valid size
on NT, but 0 on 2000 and XP.
Is there some Cygwin setting or configuration option that controls
this? 
Thanks,
-pd
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