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os: IsNotExist doesn't recognize SyscallError #12674

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zhangsen opened this issue Sep 18, 2015 · 1 comment
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os: IsNotExist doesn't recognize SyscallError #12674

zhangsen opened this issue Sep 18, 2015 · 1 comment
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os.RemoveAll may return a SyscallError(NOENT) when the directory it's working on gets deleted. RemoveAll calls Readdirnames which calls readdirnames which could return SyscallError. Since SyscallError could contain a NOENT error, it should be handled by os.IsNotExist.

Happened on a linux machine.
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added this to the Go1.6 milestone Sep 18, 2015
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor changed the title os.IsNotExist doesn't recognize SyscallError os: IsNotExist doesn't recognize SyscallError Sep 18, 2015
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CL https://golang.org/cl/15730 mentions this issue.

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