fs.statSync does not throw an error when accessing non-existent directory on Windows 10

[balos1]

• Version: v6.7.0
• Platform: Windows 10 (64 bit)
• Subsystem: fs

On Windows 10, I am not getting the same behavior of fs.statSync when trying to access a non-existent directory as I do on Linux. The expected result is for an error to be thrown, which occurs on Linux, but not on Windows 10.

Example:

try {
    var stat = fs.statSync(path_to_missing_dir);
    if (stat.isDirectory()) return true;
} catch (err) { 
    console.log(err.message);  // not reached on windows 10
}

[seishun]

Can't reproduce. Can you provide an example of path_to_missing_dir?

[balos1]

The path which I was trying to reach when I came across this problem was C:\\Users\\SomeUser\\Projects\\test\\test_sub\\.git\\.

[seishun]

Are you sure that directory actually doesn't exist and isn't just hidden?

[balos1]

Positive it doesn't exist, but I did just try this on another system and can't reproduce... so since I am using nvm-windows to install node, I just upgraded my system to v6.8.0, and the error was properly thrown.

[balos1]

OK, reinstalled 6.7.0 on my system and the error is properly thrown now as well. Possibly something was corrupted with my original installation of 6.7.0. Looks like this was a non-issue and can be closed.