[patch] win32 io

* win32 can flush it's file buffers (FlushFileBuffers())
* SetFilePointer knows about whence, win32 constants (values, not names) are the same as in linux. 

remarks:
FlushFileBuffers doesn't work for console handles, ms help file says:

Windows NT: The function fails if hFile is a handle to console output. That is because console output is not buffered.
The function returns FALSE, and GetLastError returns ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE.

Windows 9x: The function does nothing if hFile is a handle to console output. That is because console output is not buffered.
The function returns TRUE, but it does nothing.

well done microsoft...but it doesn't sound like a big deal. so calling the function should be just fine.


-daniel


Index: io/io_win32.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/public/parrot/io/io_win32.c,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.18 io_win32.c
--- io/io_win32.c 8 Jun 2002 03:37:07 -0000 1.18
+++ io/io_win32.c 16 Jul 2002 00:01:31 -0000
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 void
 PIO_win32_flush(theINTERP, ParrotIOLayer *layer, ParrotIO *io)
 {
-    /* No op */
+    FlushFileBuffers(io->fd);
 }
 
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
     offset.LowPart = lo;
     offset.HighPart = hi;
     p.LowPart = SetFilePointer(io->fd, offset.LowPart,
-                               &offset.HighPart, FILE_CURRENT);
+                               &offset.HighPart, whence);
     if (p.LowPart == 0xFFFFFFFF && (GetLastError() != NO_ERROR)) {
         /* Error - exception */
         return -1;

• [patch] win32 io by Daniel Ritz
• Re: [patch] win32 io by Mike Lambert