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+/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby stat succeeds when
+   given the zero-length file name argument.  The stat from SunOS4.1.4
+   has this bug.
+   Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Disable the definition of stat to rpl_stat (from config.h) in this
+   file.  Otherwise, we'd get conflicting prototypes for rpl_stat on
+   most systems.  */
+#undef stat
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#ifndef errno
+extern int errno;
+#endif
+
+/* FIXME: describe.  */
+
+int
+rpl_stat (file, sbuf)
+     const char *file;
+     struct stat *sbuf;
+{
+  if (file && *file == 0)
+    {
+      errno = EINVAL;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  return stat (file, sbuf);
+}