Windows: skip GetFileAttributes call when opening a file

It wasn't working, and everything seemed to work fine nonetheless. Removing it just saves a syscall.
joyent · May 10, 2012 · bc4126b · bc4126b
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commit bc4126b
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/src/win/fs.c b/src/win/fs.c
@@ -248,10 +248,8 @@ void fs__open(uv_fs_t* req, const wchar_t* path, int flags, int mode) {
     goto end;
   }
 
-  /* Figure out whether path is a file or a directory. */
-  if (GetFileAttributesW(path) & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
-    attributes |= FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS;
-  }
+  /* Setting this flag makes it possible to open a directory. */
+  attributes |= FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS;
 
   file = CreateFileW(path,
                      access,