Re: trouble with g_stat

[Hrvoje Niksic <hrvoje niksic avl com>]

On 06/04/2018 04:27 AM, GaryW wrote:
> Both of the following examples compile ok, but while this works:
>
> //------------------
>
> GString *fspec;
>
> struct stat sB;
>
> //fspec->str tested to hold the correct file spec…
>
> if(stat(fspec->str,&sB)>0){… [as expected]
>
> this doesn’t:
>
> //------------------
>
> GString *fspec;
>
> GStatBuf *stBuf;
>
> //fspec->str tested to hold the correct file spec…
>
> if(g_stat(fspec->str,stBuf)<0){… [9476 Segmentation fault]
>
> I’ve tried tinkering with various permutations, but nothing else compiles.

Have you tried:

GString *fspec;
GStatBuf stBuf;
if (g_stat(fspec->str, &stBuf) < 0) ...

That's how you use regular stat, after all.