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bug#23263: cat: missingfile: No such file or directory


From: Jonny Grant
Subject: bug#23263: cat: missingfile: No such file or directory
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 19:43:32 +0100
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Hello

I noticed that cat doesn't have an accurate message in the following use-case:

$ cat missingfile
cat: missingfile: No such file or directory
$ mkdir testdir
$ cat testdir
cat: testdir: Is a directory

I wrote up the details of the ENOENT problem here:
http://technoramauk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/enoent-considered-harmful.html

Please keep my email address in any replies as I am not on this mailing list.

Cheers, Jonny





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