bug(more): when adding a / to a regular file both reports incorrect error messages
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Hi, uutils mainteners
as i can see when i tested it
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$ more a/
more: cannot open 'a/': No such file or directory
relunsec@relunsec:~/software/coreutils/target/debug$
as you can see a is a regular file, but more say no such file or directory error, while the file exist it needs to be not a directory
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Start at the more command entry point and reproduce the reported more a/ case with a regular file named a. Trace how the path error is selected, then verify that an existing regular file followed by / reports that it is not a directory rather than that it does not exist.
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