Usually opening a file handle with access set to metadata only will always succeed, even if the file is locked. However some special system files, such as `C:\hiberfil.sys`, are locked by the system in a way that denies even that. So as a fallback we try reading the cached metadata from the directory.
Fix for localized windows editions in testcase fn read_link() Issue#93211
This PR aims to fix the issue with localized windows versions that do not necessarily have the folder "Documents and settings" in English.
The idea was provided by `@the8472.` We check if the "CI" environment variable is set, then we always check for the "Documents and Settings"-folder, otherwise we check if the folder exists on the local machine, and if not we skip this assert.
Resoles #93211.
This updates the standard library's documentation to use the new syntax. The
documentation is worthwhile to update as it should be more idiomatic
(particularly for features like this, which are nice for users to get acquainted
with). The general codebase is likely more hassle than benefit to update: it'll
hurt git blame, and generally updates can be done by folks updating the code if
(and when) that makes things more readable with the new format.
A few places in the compiler and library code are updated (mostly just due to
already having been done when this commit was first authored).
On old macos systems, `fs::hard_link()` will follow symlinks.
This changes the test `symlink_hard_link` to exit early on
these systems, so that tests can pass.
Define `fs::hard_link` to not follow symlinks.
POSIX leaves it [implementation-defined] whether `link` follows symlinks.
In practice, for example, on Linux it does not and on FreeBSD it does.
So, switch to `linkat`, so that we can pick a behavior rather than
depending on OS defaults.
Pick the option to not follow symlinks. This is somewhat arbitrary, but
seems the less surprising choice because hard linking is a very
low-level feature which requires the source and destination to be on
the same mounted filesystem, and following a symbolic link could end
up in a different mounted filesystem.
[implementation-defined]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/link.html
POSIX leaves it implementation-defined whether `link` follows symlinks.
In practice, for example, on Linux it does not and on FreeBSD it does.
So, switch to `linkat`, so that we can pick a behavior rather than
depending on OS defaults.
Pick the option to not follow symlinks. This is somewhat arbitrary, but
seems the less surprising choice because hard linking is a very
low-level feature which requires the source and destination to be on
the same mounted filesystem, and following a symbolic link could end
up in a different mounted filesystem.
