Re: Bash handling of ENOENT on missing files and directories

[Bob Proulx]

Jonny Grant wrote:
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > The wording is taken directly from perror() and related library calls,
> > as translated for your locale.
> 
> Yes, it's a known limitation of POSIX that it uses a shared error code for
> both files and directors, ENOENT. Which without programmers handling and
> checking the stat() flags, means the error isn't completely clear in the
> case where a file or dir does exist.

I don't see how POSIX is involved in this.  Blaming POSIX is a
complete non-sequitur here.

> I imagine we have spoken already for longer about this, than it would have
> been to fix it.

I see no bug to fix here.  However I fear that trying to fix an
imaginary one would introduce a bug here.

Bob