From d13ecbbb67104ad6d3cad121ea28ca1cff1a7259 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:43:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Formerly dir.c.~8~

---
 dir.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 8b03b837..977aa80e 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -513,7 +513,9 @@ open_dirstream (directory)
   struct dirstream *new;
   struct directory *dir = find_directory (directory);
 
-  if (dir->contents == 0)
+  if (dir->contents == 0 || dir->contents->files == 0)
+    /* DIR->contents is nil if the directory could not be stat'd.
+       DIR->contents->files is nil if it could not be opened.  */
     return 0;
 
   /* Read all the contents of the directory now.  There is no benefit