tlen = win32_readlink(tname, tlink, sizeof(tlink));
      fossil_filename_free(tname);
    }
    
    ULARGE_INTEGER ull;

    /* if a link was retrieved, it is a symlink, otherwise a dir or file */
    if (tlen == 0){
      buf->st_mode = ((attr.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ?
                       S_IFDIR : S_IFREG);
    
      buf->st_size = (((i64)attr.nFileSizeHigh)<<32) | attr.nFileSizeLow;
    }else{
      buf->st_mode = S_IFLNK;
      buf->st_size = tlen;
    }
    
    ull.LowPart = attr.ftLastWriteTime.dwLowDateTime;
    ull.HighPart = attr.ftLastWriteTime.dwHighDateTime;
    buf->st_mtime = ull.QuadPart / 10000000ULL - 11644473600ULL;
  }
  return !rc;
}

    rc = win32_lstat(zFilename, buf);

    /* exit on error or not link */
    if ((rc != 0) || (buf->st_mode != S_IFLNK))
      break;

    /* it is a link, so open the linked file */      
    file = CreateFileW(zFilename, GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
    if ((file == NULL) || (file == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)){
      rc = 1;
      break;
    }

    /* get the final path name and close the handle */
    len = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(file, nextFilename, LINK_BUFFER_SIZE - 1, 0);

  
  /* does path reference a reparse point? */
  WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA attr;
  int rc = GetFileAttributesEx(path, GetFileExInfoStandard, &attr);
  if (rc && (attr.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)){
  
    /* since it is a reparse point, open it */
    HANDLE file = CreateFile(path, FILE_READ_EA, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 
      FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, NULL);      
    if ((file != NULL) && (file != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)){

      /* use DeviceIoControl to get the reparse point data */
    
      int data_size = sizeof(REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER) + LINK_BUFFER_SIZE * sizeof(wchar_t);
      REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER* data = fossil_malloc(data_size);
      DWORD data_used;

** files and for directories. Thus you must unlink a file symlink or rmdir a
** directory symlink. This is a convenience function used when we know we're
** deleting a symlink of some type.
** Returns 0 on success, 1 on failure.
*/
int win32_unlink_rmdir(const wchar_t *zFilename){
  int rc = 0;
  WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA attr;
  if (GetFileAttributesExW(zFilename, GetFileExInfoStandard, &attr)){
    if ((attr.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
      rc = RemoveDirectoryW(zFilename);
    else
      rc = DeleteFileW(zFilename);
  }
  return !rc;
}

    blob_write_to_file(&content, newpath);
    blob_reset(&content);
    created = 1;
  }
  
  return !created;
}

/*
** Given a pathname to a file, return true if:
**   1. the file exists
**   2. the file is a symbolic link
**   3. the symbolic link's attributes can be acquired
**   4. the symbolic link type is different than the target type
*/
int win32_check_symlink_type_changed(const char* zName){
  int changed = 0;
  wchar_t* zMbcs;
  fossilStat lstat_buf, stat_buf;
  WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA lstat_attr;
  zMbcs = fossil_utf8_to_filename(zName);
  if (win32_stat(zMbcs, &stat_buf) != 0)
    stat_buf.st_mode = S_IFREG;
  changed =
    (win32_lstat(zMbcs, &lstat_buf) == 0) &&
    (lstat_buf.st_mode == S_IFLNK) &&
    GetFileAttributesExW(zMbcs, GetFileExInfoStandard, &lstat_attr) &&
    ((stat_buf.st_mode == S_IFDIR) != ((lstat_attr.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
  fossil_filename_free(zMbcs);
  return changed;
}

/*
** Check if symlinks are potentially supported on the current OS for the given file.
** Theoretically this code should work on any NT based version of windows
** but I have no way of testing that. The initial check for
** IsWindowsVistaOrGreater() should in theory eliminate any system prior to
** Windows Vista, but I have no way to test that at this time.