Sebastian Orfino wrote:

I am experiencig a problem with exists() and its Windows implementation with GetFileAttributes API. I am using exists() prior to the scan of a directory to see if it exists; the fact is that on W2K (just tested it on that OS) after a day or two GetFileAttributesA() returns INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES but the path does exists (it is a UNC-style path). After a restart of the app, all works fine.

<snip> It couldn't possibly be related to this bug, could it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325929? I know that that talks about Windows XP clients and NT 4 servers but MS does not always test thoroughly whether a bug found in one version of a product exists in other versions. The bug is supposed to be fixed in Windows XP SP2, by the way.