- /* If we're looking at a symlink, we only want to add it if it
- * links to a regular file, (and not to a directory, say).
- *
- * Similarly, if the file is of unknown type (due to filesystem
- * limitations), then we also need to look closer.
- *
- * In either case, a stat does the trick.
- */
- if (entry->d_type == DT_LNK || entry->d_type == DT_UNKNOWN) {
- int err;
-
- next = talloc_asprintf (notmuch, "%s/%s", path, entry->d_name);
- err = stat (next, &st);
- talloc_free (next);
- next = NULL;
-
- /* Don't emit an error for a link pointing nowhere, since
- * the directory-traversal pass will have already done
- * that. */
- if (err)
- continue;
-
- if (! S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
- continue;
- } else if (entry->d_type != DT_REG) {
+ /* Only add regular files (and symlinks to regular files). */
+ entry_type = dirent_type (path, entry);
+ if (entry_type == -1) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error reading file %s/%s: %s\n",
+ path, entry->d_name, strerror (errno));
+ return NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
+ } else if (entry_type != S_IFREG) {