[erlang-questions] file:file_info/1 broken on R17

[Loïc Hoguin]

On 06/10/2014 11:54 AM, Andreas Schultz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> file:file_info/1 is marked obsolete, but it is still there and
> should probably not be broken, right?
>
> It get this when using it on a non-existing file:
>
> root@REDACTED:/usr/src/erlang/xray_node# erl
> Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.0.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [async-threads:10] [kernel-poll:false]
>
> Eshell V6.0.1  (abort with ^G)
> 1> file:file_info("test").
> ** exception error: undefined function erlang:nif_error/1
>       in function  file:file_info/1 (file.erl, line 128)
>
> file:read_file_info works as expected...

I reported that on erlang-bugs at the end of October 2013. Must not be 
very high priority. :-)

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