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diff --git a/src/fsmagic.c b/src/fsmagic.c
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index 7200271..1ffe667 100644
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--- a/src/fsmagic.c
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+++ b/src/fsmagic.c
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@@ -124,14 +124,12 @@ file_fsmagic(struct magic_set *ms, const char *fn, struct stat *sb)
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 	if (ret) {
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 		if (ms->flags & MAGIC_ERROR) {
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-			file_error(ms, errno, "cannot stat `%s'", fn);
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+			file_error(ms, errno, "cannot stat");
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 			return -1;
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 		}
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-		if (file_printf(ms, "cannot open `%s' (%s)",
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-		    fn, strerror(errno)) == -1)
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+		if (file_printf(ms, "cannot open (%s)", strerror(errno)) == -1)
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 			return -1;
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-		ms->event_flags |= EVENT_HAD_ERR;
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-		return -1;
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+		return 0;
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 	}
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 	if (!mime) {
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diff --git a/src/magic.c b/src/magic.c
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index 2b61080..a184a35 100644
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--- a/src/magic.c
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+++ b/src/magic.c
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@@ -417,8 +417,9 @@ file_or_fd(struct magic_set *ms, const char *inname, int fd)
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 			ispipe = 1;
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 	} else {
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 		int flags = O_RDONLY|O_BINARY;
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+		int okstat = stat(inname, &sb) == 0;
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-		if (stat(inname, &sb) == 0 && S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode)) {
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+		if (okstat && S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode)) {
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 #ifdef O_NONBLOCK
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 			flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
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 #endif
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@@ -427,7 +428,8 @@ file_or_fd(struct magic_set *ms, const char *inname, int fd)
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 		errno = 0;
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 		if ((fd = open(inname, flags)) < 0) {
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-			if (unreadable_info(ms, sb.st_mode, inname) == -1)
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+			if (okstat &&
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+			    unreadable_info(ms, sb.st_mode, inname) == -1)
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 				goto done;
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 			rv = 0;
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 			goto done;
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@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ file_or_fd(struct magic_set *ms, const char *inname, int fd)
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 	} else {
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 		if ((nbytes = read(fd, (char *)buf, HOWMANY)) == -1) {
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-			file_error(ms, errno, "cannot read `%s'", inname);
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+			file_error(ms, errno, "cannot read");
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 			goto done;
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 		}
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 	}