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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

> You cannot do that for directories, because GetFileInformationByHandle 
> needs a handle, and Windows doesn't let you open a directory and get a 
> file handle for it.

It's partly incorrect.  We can obtain handle also for directory at least on
Windows NT/2000/XP (I've already tested it).  But on Windows 9x/Me, I remember
that it is unable to obtain directory handle.

from himi