From 5a006c4fce0893b63f881a6c9ecd010f15770428 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikko Rasa <tdb@tdb.fi>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:38:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Change stat functions so that it's again possible to
 determine file existence

---
 source/fs/stat.cpp | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 source/fs/stat.h   |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/fs/stat.cpp b/source/fs/stat.cpp
index d11867d..716a7d6 100644
--- a/source/fs/stat.cpp
+++ b/source/fs/stat.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <aclapi.h>
 #else
 #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+#include <cerrno>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ struct Stat::Private
 Stat Stat::Private::from_struct_stat(const struct stat &st)
 {
 	Stat result;
+	result.exists = true;
 	if(S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 		result.type = REGULAR;
 	else if(S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ Stat Stat::Private::from_struct_stat(const struct stat &st)
 #endif
 
 Stat::Stat():
+	exists(false),
 	type(UNKNOWN),
 	size(0),
 	alloc_size(0)
@@ -132,7 +135,12 @@ Stat Stat::stat(const Path &path)
 	struct stat st;
 	int ret = ::stat(path.str().c_str(), &st);
 	if(ret==-1)
-		throw system_error("stat");
+	{
+		if(errno==ENOENT)
+			return Stat();
+		else
+			throw system_error("stat");
+	}
 
 	return Private::from_struct_stat(st);
 #endif
@@ -146,7 +154,12 @@ Stat Stat::lstat(const Path &path)
 	struct stat st;
 	int ret = ::lstat(path.str().c_str(), &st);
 	if(ret==-1)
-		throw system_error("lstat");
+	{
+		if(errno==ENOENT)
+			return Stat();
+		else
+			throw system_error("lstat");
+	}
 
 	return Private::from_struct_stat(st);
 #endif
diff --git a/source/fs/stat.h b/source/fs/stat.h
index 0d5f6de..6ae551f 100644
--- a/source/fs/stat.h
+++ b/source/fs/stat.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Stat
 private:
 	struct Private;
 
+	bool exists;
 	FileType type;
 	FileSize size;
 	FileSize alloc_size;
@@ -37,8 +38,9 @@ private:
 	std::string owner;
 	std::string group;
 
-	Stat();
 public:
+	Stat();
+
 	FileType get_type() const { return type; }
 	bool is_regular() const { return type==REGULAR; }
 	bool is_directory() const { return type==DIRECTORY; }
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ public:
 	const std::string &get_owner() const { return owner; }
 	const std::string &get_group() const { return group; }
 
+	operator bool() const { return exists; }
+
 	/// Returns a Stat object describing a file.
 	static Stat stat(const Path &);
 	static Stat lstat(const Path &);
-- 
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