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/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby lstat succeeds when
   given the zero-length file name argument.  The lstat from SunOS4.1.4
   has this bug.
   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

/* written by Jim Meyering */

#include <config.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <errno.h>
#ifndef errno
extern int errno;
#endif

/* This is a wrapper for lstat(2).
   If FILE is the empty string, fail with errno == ENOENT.
   Otherwise, return the result of calling the real lstat.

   This works around the bug in some systems whereby lstat succeeds when
   given the zero-length file name argument.  The lstat from SunOS4.1.4
   has this bug.  */

int
rpl_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
{
  if (file && *file == 0)
    {
      errno = ENOENT;
      return -1;
    }

  return lstat (file, sbuf);
}