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Old 04-26-2005
Pep
 
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Default Re: What does the error message "unable to stat" actually mean?

Davide Bianchi wrote:

> On 2005-04-26, Pep <pep@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> I have a error appearing in the logs intermittently stating "script not
>> found or unable to stat: /apache/htdocs/xxx".

>
> "stat" is the standard function used by lots of languages (perl and
> C the first) to check for the existences of a file and the related
> permissions, "unable to stat" means: I can't even see the directory!
>
> Now, if the message appears intermittently, maybe is a problem with
> the filesystem or the filesystem itself is mounted/dismounted.
>
> Davide
>


Thanks very much. I had a feeling that it was related to the stat command
and was just about to start sifting through the apache source code to
confirm this, so you just saved me a lot of time there :-)

Again, thanks, Pep.