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Subject:	stat() succeeds wrongly.
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From:	Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp>
Date:	26 Apr 2000 17:05:43 +0900
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On the latest snapshot, stat() can succeed against non-existent files.
$ ls -l /no/such/file
-r-xr-xr-x   1 fujieda  Domain U        0 Jan  1  1970 /no/such/file
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  | AIST      Kazuhiro Fujieda <fujieda AT jaist DOT ac DOT jp>
  | HOKURIKU  School of Information Science
o_/ 1990      Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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