Re: [PATCH] ls: issue error message on removed directory

[Pádraig Brady]

On 11/02/2020 10:45, 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.

I don't think this is a general solution as the opendir() spec states:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/opendir.html
"The directory entries for dot and dot-dot are optional".
I've also seen reference to FUSE file systems that don't provide those entries.

cheers,
Pádraig