Better error message when local file status cannot be retrieved

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/File.cc b/src/File.cc
index 3ee6c47a..14189ef0 100644
--- a/src/File.cc
+++ b/src/File.cc
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ bool File::exists()
   return fillStat(fstat) == 0;
 }
 
+bool File::exists(std::string &err)
+{
+  a2_struct_stat fstat;
+  if (fillStat(fstat) != 0) {
+    err = fmt("Could not get file status: %s", strerror(errno));
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 bool File::isFile()
 {
   a2_struct_stat fstat;