1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index a35070f20..28b2f954d 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ static unsigned short tabstops = 8;
 #define column_width    COLUMN_WIDTH
 #endif
 
+static int status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
 static void newline(void)
 {
     if (column > 0) {
@@ -459,6 +461,7 @@ struct dnode **list_dir(char *path)
         dir = opendir(path);
         if (dir == NULL) {
                 errorMsg("%s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+                status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                 return(NULL);   /* could not open the dir */
         }
         while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
@@ -477,6 +480,7 @@ struct dnode **list_dir(char *path)
                 if (follow_links == TRUE) {
                         if (stat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {
                                 errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+                                status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                 free(cur->fullname);
                                 free(cur);
                                 continue;
@@ -485,6 +489,7 @@ struct dnode **list_dir(char *path)
 #endif
                 if (lstat(cur->fullname, &cur->dstat)) {   /* get file stat info into node */
                         errorMsg("%s: %s\n", cur->fullname, strerror(errno));
+                        status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         free(cur->fullname);
                         free(cur);
                         continue;
@@ -791,6 +796,7 @@ extern int ls_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 if (follow_links == TRUE) {
                         if (stat(av[oi], &cur->dstat)) {
                                 errorMsg("%s: %s\n", av[oi], strerror(errno));
+                                status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                 free(cur->fullname);
                                 free(cur);
                                 continue;
@@ -799,6 +805,7 @@ extern int ls_main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
                 if (lstat(av[oi], &cur->dstat)) {  /* get file info into node */
                         errorMsg("%s: %s\n", av[oi], strerror(errno));
+                        status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         free(cur->fullname);
                         free(cur);
                         continue;
@@ -842,7 +849,7 @@ extern int ls_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 }
         }
 
-        return(0);
+        return(status);
 
   print_usage_message:
         usage(ls_usage);