Bug 580046

Summary: the file command returns zero exit code even in case of unexisting file being tested
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Daniel Novotny <dnovotny>
Component: fileAssignee: Daniel Novotny <dnovotny>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: dnovotny, mcermak
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Clone Of: 548450 Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-04-14 11:17:43 UTC Type: ---
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Description Daniel Novotny 2010-04-07 11:33:28 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #548450 +++

Description of problem:

   %SUMMARY

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

   file-4.17-15.el5_3.1

How reproducible:

   Always

Steps to Reproduce:

[root@localhost ~]# file this_file_does_not_exist
this_file_does_not_exist: ERROR: cannot open `this_file_does_not_exist' (No such file or directory)
[root@localhost ~]# echo $?
0
[root@localhost ~]#
  
Actual results:

  Returns zero exitcode.

Expected results:

  Should IMHO return some non-zero exitcode.

Additional info:

--- Additional comment from pm-rhel on 2009-12-21 10:20:27 EST ---

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Comment 1 Daniel Novotny 2010-04-14 10:52:46 UTC 
Created attachment 406467 [details]
a patch to solve this
Comment 2 Daniel Novotny 2010-04-14 10:58:24 UTC 
Created attachment 406468 [details]
more elegant version of the patch
Comment 3 Daniel Novotny 2010-04-14 11:17:43 UTC 
fixed in rawhide: file-5.04-8.fc14