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Re: [PATCH] ls: issue error message on removed directory
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Colin Watson |
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Re: [PATCH] ls: issue error message on removed directory |
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Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:46:18 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 10:45:46AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> If the current directory has been removed, then "ls" confusingly
> produced no output and no error message, indistinguishable from the case
> of running on an empty directory. It makes more sense to report ENOENT
> in this case.
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> Reported by Owen Thomas.
This was originally reported at
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2019-December/298805.html
(thread continues at
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2020-February/299238.html).
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Colin Watson [address@hidden]