int i, found = 0;
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
- if (entries[i]->d_type != DT_DIR)
+ if (entries[i]->d_type != DT_DIR && entries[i]->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN)
continue;
if (strcmp(entries[i]->d_name, "new") == 0 ||
entry = fs_entries[i];
- if (entry->d_type != DT_DIR && entry->d_type != DT_LNK)
+ /* We only want to descend into directories.
+ * But symlinks can be to directories too, of course.
+ *
+ * And if the filesystem doesn't tell us the file type in the
+ * scandir results, then it might be a directory (and if not,
+ * then we'll stat and return immediately in the next level of
+ * recursion). */
+ if (entry->d_type != DT_DIR &&
+ entry->d_type != DT_LNK &&
+ entry->d_type != DT_UNKNOWN)
+ {
continue;
+ }
/* Ignore special directories to avoid infinite recursion.
* Also ignore the .notmuch directory and any "tmp" directory
}
/* 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). */
- if (entry->d_type == DT_LNK) {
+ * links to a regular file, (and not to a directory, say).
+ *
+ * Similarly, if the file is of unknown type (due to filesytem
+ * 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);