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13 changes: 7 additions & 6 deletions src/path/filepath/path.go
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Expand Up @@ -341,12 +341,13 @@ var SkipDir = errors.New("skip this directory")
//
// If there was a problem walking to the file or directory named by path, the
// incoming error will describe the problem and the function can decide how
// to handle that error (and Walk will not descend into that directory). If
// an error is returned, processing stops. The sole exception is when the function
// returns the special value SkipDir. If the function returns SkipDir when invoked
// on a directory, Walk skips the directory's contents entirely.
// If the function returns SkipDir when invoked on a non-directory file,
// Walk skips the remaining files in the containing directory.
// to handle that error (and Walk will not descend into that directory). In the
// case of an error, the info argument will be nil. If an error is returned,
// processing stops. The sole exception is when the function returns the special
// value SkipDir. If the function returns SkipDir when invoked on a directory,
// Walk skips the directory's contents entirely. If the function returns SkipDir
// when invoked on a non-directory file, Walk skips the remaining files in the
// containing directory.
type WalkFunc func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error

var lstat = os.Lstat // for testing
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