[Bug binutils/21659] New: strings behaviour when called on a directory

[jg at jguk dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21659

            Bug ID: 21659
           Summary: strings behaviour when called on a directory
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.26
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: jg at jguk dot org
  Target Milestone: ---

Existing output
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$ strings mydir
$ strings missingfile
strings: 'missingfile': No such file

My feeling is that there should be a message for 'mydir'

Expected output
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$ strings mydir
strings: 'mydir': Is a directory


Bit of a long reference, but back in 2003 Nick Clifton replied:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/binutils/2003-10/msg00617.html

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