From b11bea56a53d300f43b500be55890dbd01393d60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "W. Felix Handte" <w@felixhandte.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 00:09:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce Dedicated Helper to Call stat()

---
 programs/util.c | 11 +++++++++++
 programs/util.h |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/programs/util.c b/programs/util.c
index 2493a4ad..c172150d 100644
--- a/programs/util.c
+++ b/programs/util.c
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ int g_utilDisplayLevel;
 *  Functions
 ***************************************/
 
+int UTIL_stat(const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf)
+{
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+    return !_stat64(filename, statbuf);
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__) && defined (__MSVCRT__)
+    return !_stati64(filename, statbuf);
+#else
+    return !stat(filename, statbuf);
+#endif
+}
+
 int UTIL_fileExist(const char* filename)
 {
     stat_t statbuf;
diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index 580266e7..0b58dfbb 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ extern int g_utilDisplayLevel;
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
     typedef struct __stat64 stat_t;
     typedef int mode_t;
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__) && defined (__MSVCRT__)
+    typedef struct _stati64 stat_t;
 #else
     typedef struct stat stat_t;
 #endif
@@ -113,6 +115,11 @@ extern int g_utilDisplayLevel;
 #define STRDUP(s) strdup(s)
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Calls platform's equivalent of stat() on filename and writes info to statbuf.
+ * Returns success (1) or failure (0).
+ */
+int UTIL_stat(const char* filename, stat_t* statbuf);
 int UTIL_fileExist(const char* filename);
 int UTIL_isRegularFile(const char* infilename);
 int UTIL_isDirectory(const char* infilename);