#1874: getDirectoryContents yields "invalid argument" instead of "permission
error"
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 Reporter:  Orphi                                                 |          
Owner:             
     Type:  bug                                                   |         
Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal                                                |      
Milestone:  6.10 branch
Component:  libraries (other)                                     |        
Version:  6.8.1      
 Severity:  normal                                                |     
Resolution:             
 Keywords:                                                        |     
Difficulty:  Unknown    
 Testcase:  getDirectoryContents "C:\\System Volume Information"  |   
Architecture:  x86        
       Os:  Windows                                               |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * difficulty:  => Unknown
  * milestone:  => 6.10 branch

Comment:

 Thanks for the report. Fixing this means an interface change, so it can't
 happen until 6.10. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if we are just mirroring
 the error that the operating system gives us.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1874#comment:1>
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