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maybe date -f <directory> should generate an error

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62497: closed (maybe date -f <directory> should generate an
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Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:55:02 +0000

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From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre <at> debian.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: maybe date -f <directory> should generate an error
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:44:40 +0200

Hello

The usual case is:

$ echo "2023-03-27 08:30:00" > dates.txt
$ echo "2023-04-01 12:00:00" >> dates.txt

$ /usr/bin/date -f dates.txt
Mon Mar 27 08:30:00 CEST 2023
Sat Apr 1 12:00:00 CEST 2023

If done on a non existing file, we get:

$ date -f non-existing
/usr/bin/date: non-existing: No such file or directory

Maybe it should do the same on a directory:

 $ /usr/bin/date -f /
doesn't show anything and return 0

Cheers,
Sylvestre

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre <at> debian.org>
Cc: 62497-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62497: maybe date -f <directory> should generate an error
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:54:02 -0700

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Thanks for reporting that. I installed the attached to fix it.

[0001-date-diagnose-f-read-errors.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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