dwalk (and others?): print / report error for file permissions
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help-wanted
user-request
- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 200
- Forks
- 85
- Avg merge
- 3d 21h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 2
Description
If a user doesn't have permission to view a file / directory, there should be some error, either printed at the time or reported at the end.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating permission handling in dwalk and the other file utilities mentioned by the issue. Reproduce access to an unreadable file or directory and trace how the utility currently reports it; done means permission failures are reported either immediately or at the end.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100