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| -rw-r--r-- | compat/mingw.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c index 3e2110a87a..628a3941d2 100644 --- a/compat/mingw.c +++ b/compat/mingw.c @@ -1273,7 +1273,19 @@ int mingw_stat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf) FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL); if (hnd == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { - errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError()); + DWORD err = GetLastError(); + + if (err == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED && + !mingw_lstat(file_name, buf) && + !S_ISLNK(buf->st_mode)) + /* + * POSIX semantics state to still try to fill + * information, even if permission is denied to create + * a file handle. + */ + return 0; + + errno = err_win_to_posix(err); return -1; } result = get_file_info_by_handle(hnd, buf); |