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Diffstat (limited to 'Manage.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Manage.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -425,14 +425,22 @@ int Manage_subdevs(char *devname, int fd, j = 0; tfd = dev_open(dv->devname, O_RDONLY); - if (tfd < 0 || fstat(tfd, &stb) != 0) { - fprintf(stderr, Name ": cannot find %s: %s\n", - dv->devname, strerror(errno)); - if (tfd >= 0) - close(tfd); - return 1; + if (tfd < 0 && dv->disposition == 'r' && + lstat(dv->devname, &stb) == 0) + /* Be happy, the lstat worked, that is + * enough for --remove + */ + ; + else { + if (tfd < 0 || fstat(tfd, &stb) != 0) { + fprintf(stderr, Name ": cannot find %s: %s\n", + dv->devname, strerror(errno)); + if (tfd >= 0) + close(tfd); + return 1; + } + close(tfd); } - close(tfd); if ((stb.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFBLK) { fprintf(stderr, Name ": %s is not a " "block device.\n", |