mime: avoid using access() - #13497
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If stat() fails, there is no point in calling access() Also: return error immediately if the stat() fails. Ref: #13482
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Prefer `stat()` to verify the presence of key files. This drops the last uses of `access()` in the codebase, which was reported to cause issues in some cases. Ref: curl#13412 (comment) Ref: curl#13482 (comment) Ref: curl#13497 Closes #xxxxx
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Prefer `stat()` to verify the presence of key files. This drops the last uses of `access()` in the codebase, which was reported to cause issues in some cases. Also add `access()` to the list of banned functions in checksrc. Ref: #13412 (comment) Ref: #13482 (comment) Ref: #13497 Co-authored-by: Jay Satiro Closes #13498
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If stat() fails, there is no point in calling access()
Also: return error immediately if the stat() fails.
Ref: #13482