var ti windows.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO
err = windows.GetFileInformationByHandleEx(h, windows.FileAttributeTagInfo, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&ti)), uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(ti)))
if err != nil {
- return nil, &PathError{"GetFileInformationByHandleEx", path, err}
+ if errno, ok := err.(syscall.Errno); ok && errno == windows.ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER {
+ // It appears calling GetFileInformationByHandleEx with
+ // FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TAG_INFO fails on FAT file system with
+ // ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER. Clear ti.ReparseTag in that
+ // instance to indicate no symlinks are possible.
+ ti.ReparseTag = 0
+ } else {
+ return nil, &PathError{"GetFileInformationByHandleEx", path, err}
+ }
}
return &fileStat{