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diff --git a/colorize.c b/colorize.c
index cc89193ac8db8f5c70d283d704c10bd203ac7874..2637dab05fbab987abd0395dfd202b874a3e3ad9 100644 (file)
--- a/colorize.c
+++ b/colorize.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ process_file_arg (const char *file_string, const char **file, FILE **stream)
             int ret;
 
             errno = 0;
-            ret = lstat (file, &sb);
+            ret = stat (file, &sb);
 
             if (ret == -1)
               vfprintf_fail (formats[FMT_FILE], file, strerror (errno));