[stat] : Bad return code.

[cedric . rivera]

        Hello,

  This email just to signal that the "/usr/bin/stat" command in version 
5.2.1 of "coreutils" do have a return code equal to 0 even if the file 
argument given do not exist. Is that normal  ?

---------------------------------------------------------8<--------------------------------------------------------------
 address@hidden up2date]# stat --v
stat (coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by Michael Meskes.

Copyright (C) 2004 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.

address@hidden up2date]# stat /toto
stat: cannot stat `/toto': No such file or directory
address@hidden up2date]# echo $?
0
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Thx for reading.

Cedric.

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