--- coreutils-8.9/src/du.c 2011-01-01 23:19:23.000000000 +0200 +++ coreutils-8.9-stev/src/du.c 2011-03-02 03:32:04.000000000 +0200 @@ -926,8 +926,10 @@ switch (ai_err) { case AI_ERR_READ: - error (0, errno, _("%s: read error"), quote (files_from)); - continue; + error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("%s: read error"), + quote (files_from)); + ok = false; + goto out_argv_iter; case AI_ERR_MEM: xalloc_die (); @@ -978,6 +980,7 @@ ok &= du_files (temp_argv, bit_flags); } } + out_argv_iter: argv_iter_free (ai); di_set_free (di_set);