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Error or symptom

• a remote check reports a regular file as not a file, or a directory as not a directory
• stat -c '%F' prints normal fil or katalog instead of regular file or directory
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1. stat -c %F reports the wrong file type under a non-English locale

   GNU stat translates its %F file-type field, so code that matches the English words regular file or directory misreads every path once the locale is, say, Swedish. Pinning LC_ALL=C on the stat call fixes it.

   ▮▮▯ one layer down / checked 28 Sep 2026 / GNU coreutils · Rust / locale · stat · coreutils · ssh · rust