Re: stat exits 0 on file-not-found

[Eric Blake]

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According to Seth Johnson on 7/19/2005 4:22 PM:
> Using coreutils-4.5.3-26,
> 
> stat foo
> 
> (where file foo does not exist)
> 
> exits 0.

Have you tried the latest release, 5.3.0
(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-01/msg00041.html);
or the current CVS?  This bug has been fixed:

$ stat --version
stat (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
Written by Michael Meskes.

Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
$ stat none
stat: cannot stat `none': No such file or directory
$ echo $?
1

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