fixing bug in etage constructor

struct stat was used even when stat() system call returned an error
Edrusb · Dec 9, 2023 · f8b2b05 · f8b2b05
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commit f8b2b05
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/libdar/etage.cpp b/src/libdar/etage.cpp
@@ -157,11 +157,16 @@ namespace libdar
 		    {
 			struct stat info;
 			int val = stat(ret->d_name, &info);
+			bool isdir = true;
 
 			if(val != 0)
+			{
 			    ui.message(tools_printf(gettext("Cannot determine whether %s is a directory or not, assuming it is not a directory"), ret->d_name));
+				// isdir is set to  true; at least it gives the user the possibility to try open this as if it was a directory, eventually the system will report an error
+			}
+			else
+			    isdir = (info.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR || (info.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK;
 
-			bool isdir = (info.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR || (info.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK;
 			fichier.push_back(cell(string(ret->d_name), isdir));
 		    }
 		    else