feat: support displaying files with inaccessible metadata (#1275)

cspell.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"language":"en","flagWords":[],"words":["Punct","KEYMAP","splitn","crossterm","YAZI","unar","peekable","ratatui","syntect","pbpaste","pbcopy","ffmpegthumbnailer","oneshot","Posix","Lsar","XADDOS","zoxide","cands","Deque","precache","imageops","IFBLK","IFCHR","IFDIR","IFIFO","IFLNK","IFMT","IFSOCK","IRGRP","IROTH","IRUSR","ISGID","ISUID","ISVTX","IWGRP","IWOTH","IWUSR","IXGRP","IXOTH","IXUSR","libc","winsize","TIOCGWINSZ","xpixel","ypixel","ioerr","appender","Catppuccin","macchiato","gitmodules","Dotfiles","bashprofile","vimrc","flac","webp","exiftool","mediainfo","ripgrep","nvim","indexmap","indexmap","unwatch","canonicalize","serde","fsevent","Ueberzug","iterm","wezterm","sixel","chafa","ueberzugpp","️ Überzug","️ Überzug","Konsole","Alacritty","Überzug","pkgs","paru","unarchiver","pdftoppm","poppler","prebuild","singlefile","jpegopt","EXIF","rustfmt","mktemp","nanos","xclip","xsel","natord","Mintty","nixos","nixpkgs","SIGTSTP","SIGCONT","SIGCONT","mlua","nonstatic","userdata","metatable","natsort","backstack","luajit","Succ","Succ","cand","fileencoding","foldmethod","lightgreen","darkgray","lightred","lightyellow","lightcyan","nushell","msvc","aarch","linemode","sxyazi","rsplit","ZELLIJ","bitflags","bitflags","USERPROFILE","Neovim","vergen","gitcl","Renderable","preloaders","prec","imagesize","Upserting","prio","Ghostty","Catmull","Lanczos","cmds","unyank","scrolloff","headsup","unsub","uzers","scopeguard","SPDLOG","globset","filetime","magick","magick","prefetcher","Prework","prefetchers","PREWORKERS","conds","translit","rxvt","Urxvt","realpath","realname","REPARSE","hardlink","hardlinking","subsec"],"version":"0.2"}
+{"version":"0.2","language":"en","words":["Punct","KEYMAP","splitn","crossterm","YAZI","unar","peekable","ratatui","syntect","pbpaste","pbcopy","ffmpegthumbnailer","oneshot","Posix","Lsar","XADDOS","zoxide","cands","Deque","precache","imageops","IFBLK","IFCHR","IFDIR","IFIFO","IFLNK","IFMT","IFSOCK","IRGRP","IROTH","IRUSR","ISGID","ISUID","ISVTX","IWGRP","IWOTH","IWUSR","IXGRP","IXOTH","IXUSR","libc","winsize","TIOCGWINSZ","xpixel","ypixel","ioerr","appender","Catppuccin","macchiato","gitmodules","Dotfiles","bashprofile","vimrc","flac","webp","exiftool","mediainfo","ripgrep","nvim","indexmap","indexmap","unwatch","canonicalize","serde","fsevent","Ueberzug","iterm","wezterm","sixel","chafa","ueberzugpp","️ Überzug","️ Überzug","Konsole","Alacritty","Überzug","pkgs","paru","unarchiver","pdftoppm","poppler","prebuild","singlefile","jpegopt","EXIF","rustfmt","mktemp","nanos","xclip","xsel","natord","Mintty","nixos","nixpkgs","SIGTSTP","SIGCONT","SIGCONT","mlua","nonstatic","userdata","metatable","natsort","backstack","luajit","Succ","Succ","cand","fileencoding","foldmethod","lightgreen","darkgray","lightred","lightyellow","lightcyan","nushell","msvc","aarch","linemode","sxyazi","rsplit","ZELLIJ","bitflags","bitflags","USERPROFILE","Neovim","vergen","gitcl","Renderable","preloaders","prec","imagesize","Upserting","prio","Ghostty","Catmull","Lanczos","cmds","unyank","scrolloff","headsup","unsub","uzers","scopeguard","SPDLOG","globset","filetime","magick","magick","prefetcher","Prework","prefetchers","PREWORKERS","conds","translit","rxvt","Urxvt","realpath","realname","REPARSE","hardlink","hardlinking","nlink","nlink"],"flagWords":[]}

yazi-config/preset/theme.toml

@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ rules = [
 	{ name = "*", is = "orphan", bg = "red" },
 	{ name = "*", is = "exec"  , fg = "green" },
 
+	# Dummy files
+	{ name = "*", is = "dummy", bg = "red" },
+	{ name = "*/", is = "dummy", bg = "red" },
+
 	# Fallback
 	# { name = "*", fg = "white" },
 	{ name = "*/", fg = "blue" }
@@ -771,6 +775,7 @@ conds = [
 	{ if = "fifo"  , text = "" },
 	{ if = "sock"  , text = "" },
 	{ if = "sticky", text = "" },
+	{ if = "dummy",  text = "" },
 
 	# Fallback
 	{ if = "dir", text = "󰉋" },

yazi-config/src/theme/icons.rs

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ impl Icons {
 			"hidden" => file.is_hidden(),
 			"link" => file.is_link(),
 			"orphan" => file.is_orphan(),
+			"dummy" => file.is_dummy(),
 			"block" => file.is_block(),
 			"char" => file.is_char(),
 			"fifo" => file.is_fifo(),

yazi-config/src/theme/is.rs

@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ use yazi_shared::fs::Cha;
 pub enum Is {
 	#[default]
 	None,
-	Block,
-	Char,
-	Exec,
-	Fifo,
 	Link,
 	Orphan,
+	Dummy,
+	Block,
+	Char,
+	Fifo,
 	Sock,
+	Exec,
 	Sticky,
 }
 
@@ -24,13 +25,14 @@ impl FromStr for Is {
 
 	fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
 		Ok(match s {
-			"block" => Self::Block,
-			"char" => Self::Char,
-			"exec" => Self::Exec,
-			"fifo" => Self::Fifo,
 			"link" => Self::Link,
 			"orphan" => Self::Orphan,
+			"dummy" => Self::Dummy,
+			"block" => Self::Block,
+			"char" => Self::Char,
+			"fifo" => Self::Fifo,
 			"sock" => Self::Sock,
+			"exec" => Self::Exec,
 			"sticky" => Self::Sticky,
 			_ => bail!("invalid filetype: {s}"),
 		})
@@ -48,13 +50,14 @@ impl Is {
 	pub fn check(&self, cha: &Cha) -> bool {
 		match self {
 			Self::None => true,
-			Self::Block => cha.is_block(),
-			Self::Char => cha.is_char(),
-			Self::Exec => cha.is_exec(),
-			Self::Fifo => cha.is_fifo(),
 			Self::Link => cha.is_link(),
 			Self::Orphan => cha.is_orphan(),
+			Self::Dummy => cha.is_dummy(),
+			Self::Block => cha.is_block(),
+			Self::Char => cha.is_char(),
+			Self::Fifo => cha.is_fifo(),
 			Self::Sock => cha.is_sock(),
+			Self::Exec => cha.is_exec(),
 			Self::Sticky => cha.is_sticky(),
 		}
 	}

yazi-core/src/folder/files.rs

@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ impl Files {
 				select! {
 					_ = tx.closed() => break,
 					result = item.metadata() => {
-						if let Ok(meta) = result {
-							tx.send(File::from_meta(Url::from(item.path()), meta).await).ok();
-						}
+						let url = Url::from(item.path());
+						_ = tx.send(match result {
+							Ok(meta) => File::from_meta(url, meta).await,
+							Err(_) => File::from_dummy(url, item.file_type().await.ok())
+						});
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -76,9 +78,11 @@ impl Files {
 		async fn go(entities: &[DirEntry]) -> Vec<File> {
 			let mut files = Vec::with_capacity(entities.len() / 3 + 1);
 			for entry in entities {
-				if let Ok(meta) = entry.metadata().await {
-					files.push(File::from_meta(Url::from(entry.path()), meta).await);
-				}
+				let url = Url::from(entry.path());
+				files.push(match entry.metadata().await {
+					Ok(meta) => File::from_meta(url, meta).await,
+					Err(_) => File::from_dummy(url, entry.file_type().await.ok()),
+				});
 			}
 			files
 		}

yazi-core/src/folder/sorter.rs

@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ impl FilesSorter {
 		match self.by {
 			SortBy::None => {}
 			SortBy::Modified => items.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
-				let ord = self.cmp(a.modified, b.modified, self.promote(a, b));
+				let ord = self.cmp(a.mtime, b.mtime, self.promote(a, b));
 				if ord == Ordering::Equal { by_alphabetical(a, b) } else { ord }
 			}),
 			SortBy::Created => items.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {
-				let ord = self.cmp(a.created, b.created, self.promote(a, b));
+				let ord = self.cmp(a.ctime, b.ctime, self.promote(a, b));
 				if ord == Ordering::Equal { by_alphabetical(a, b) } else { ord }
 			}),
 			SortBy::Extension => items.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| {

yazi-core/src/tab/commands/reveal.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl Tab {
 		};
 
 		self.cd(parent.clone());
-		FilesOp::Creating(parent, vec![File::from_dummy(&opt.target)]).emit();
+		FilesOp::Creating(parent, vec![File::from_dummy(opt.target.clone(), None)]).emit();
 		ManagerProxy::hover(Some(opt.target));
 	}
 }

yazi-core/src/tab/preview.rs

@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ impl Preview {
 		*url == lock.url
 			&& self.skip == lock.skip
 			&& cha.len == lock.cha.len
-			&& cha.modified == lock.cha.modified
+			&& cha.mtime == lock.cha.mtime
 			&& cha.kind == lock.cha.kind
 			&& {
 				#[cfg(unix)]
 				{
-					cha.permissions == lock.cha.permissions
+					cha.perm == lock.cha.perm
 				}
 				#[cfg(windows)]
 				{

yazi-plugin/preset/components/linemode.lua

@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ end
 function Linemode:permissions(file) return ui.Line(file.cha:permissions() or "") end
 
 function Linemode:owner(file)
-	if not ya.user_name then
-		return ui.Line("")
-	else
-		return ui.Line(ya.user_name(file.cha.uid) .. ":" .. ya.group_name(file.cha.gid))
-	end
+	local user = file.cha.uid and ya.user_name(file.cha.uid) or file.cha.uid
+	local group = file.cha.gid and ya.group_name(file.cha.gid) or file.cha.gid
+	return ui.Line(string.format("%s:%s", user or "-", group or "-"))
 end
 
 function Linemode:render(files)

yazi-plugin/preset/components/status.lua

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function Status:permissions()
 	for i = 1, #perm do
 		local c = perm:sub(i, i)
 		local style = THEME.status.permissions_t
-		if c == "-" then
+		if c == "-" or c == "?" then
 			style = THEME.status.permissions_s
 		elseif c == "r" then
 			style = THEME.status.permissions_r

yazi-plugin/src/cha/cha.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ impl Cha {
 			reg.add_field_method_get("is_hidden", |_, me| Ok(me.is_hidden()));
 			reg.add_field_method_get("is_link", |_, me| Ok(me.is_link()));
 			reg.add_field_method_get("is_orphan", |_, me| Ok(me.is_orphan()));
+			reg.add_field_method_get("is_dummy", |_, me| Ok(me.is_dummy()));
 			reg.add_field_method_get("is_block", |_, me| Ok(me.is_block()));
 			reg.add_field_method_get("is_char", |_, me| Ok(me.is_char()));
 			reg.add_field_method_get("is_fifo", |_, me| Ok(me.is_fifo()));
@@ -25,25 +26,25 @@ impl Cha {
 
 			#[cfg(unix)]
 			{
-				reg.add_field_method_get("uid", |_, me| Ok(me.uid));
-				reg.add_field_method_get("gid", |_, me| Ok(me.gid));
-				reg.add_field_method_get("nlink", |_, me| Ok(me.nlink));
+				reg.add_field_method_get("uid", |_, me| Ok((!me.is_dummy()).then_some(me.uid)));
+				reg.add_field_method_get("gid", |_, me| Ok((!me.is_dummy()).then_some(me.gid)));
+				reg.add_field_method_get("nlink", |_, me| Ok((!me.is_dummy()).then_some(me.nlink)));
 			}
 
 			reg.add_field_method_get("length", |_, me| Ok(me.len));
 			reg.add_field_method_get("created", |_, me| {
-				Ok(me.created.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
+				Ok(me.ctime.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
 			});
 			reg.add_field_method_get("modified", |_, me| {
-				Ok(me.modified.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
+				Ok(me.mtime.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
 			});
 			reg.add_field_method_get("accessed", |_, me| {
-				Ok(me.accessed.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
+				Ok(me.atime.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
 			});
 			reg.add_method("permissions", |_, me, ()| {
 				Ok(
 					#[cfg(unix)]
-					Some(yazi_shared::fs::permissions(me.permissions)),
+					Some(yazi_shared::fs::permissions(me.perm, me.is_dummy())),
 					#[cfg(windows)]
 					None::<String>,
 				)
@@ -72,11 +73,11 @@ impl Cha {
 				Self::cast(lua, yazi_shared::fs::Cha {
 					kind,
 					len: t.raw_get("len").unwrap_or_default(),
-					accessed: parse_time(t.raw_get("atime").ok())?,
-					created: parse_time(t.raw_get("ctime").ok())?,
-					modified: parse_time(t.raw_get("mtime").ok())?,
+					atime: parse_time(t.raw_get("atime").ok())?,
+					ctime: parse_time(t.raw_get("ctime").ok())?,
+					mtime: parse_time(t.raw_get("mtime").ok())?,
 					#[cfg(unix)]
-					permissions: t.raw_get("permissions").unwrap_or_default(),
+					perm: t.raw_get("permissions").unwrap_or_default(),
 					#[cfg(unix)]
 					uid: t.raw_get("uid").unwrap_or_default(),
 					#[cfg(unix)]

yazi-plugin/src/utils/cache.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl Utils {
 
 				let hex = {
 					let mut digest = Md5::new_with_prefix(file.url.as_os_str().as_encoded_bytes());
-					digest.update(&format!("//{:?}//{}", file.cha.modified, t.raw_get("skip").unwrap_or(0)));
+					digest.update(&format!("//{:?}//{}", file.cha.mtime, t.raw_get("skip").unwrap_or(0)));
 					format!("{:x}", digest.finalize())
 				};
 

yazi-shared/src/fs/cha.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{fs::Metadata, time::SystemTime};
+use std::{fs::{FileType, Metadata}, time::SystemTime};
 
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 
@@ -11,28 +11,25 @@ bitflags! {
 		const LINK   = 0b00000100;
 		const ORPHAN = 0b00001000;
 
-		const BLOCK  = 0b00010000;
-		const CHAR   = 0b00100000;
-		const FIFO   = 0b01000000;
-		const SOCKET = 0b10000000;
+		const DUMMY  = 0b00010000;
 	}
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Cha {
-	pub kind:        ChaKind,
-	pub len:         u64,
-	pub accessed:    Option<SystemTime>,
-	pub created:     Option<SystemTime>,
-	pub modified:    Option<SystemTime>,
+	pub kind:  ChaKind,
+	pub len:   u64,
+	pub atime: Option<SystemTime>,
+	pub ctime: Option<SystemTime>,
+	pub mtime: Option<SystemTime>,
 	#[cfg(unix)]
-	pub permissions: libc::mode_t,
+	pub perm:  libc::mode_t,
 	#[cfg(unix)]
-	pub uid:         libc::uid_t,
+	pub uid:   libc::uid_t,
 	#[cfg(unix)]
-	pub gid:         libc::gid_t,
+	pub gid:   libc::gid_t,
 	#[cfg(unix)]
-	pub nlink:       libc::nlink_t,
+	pub nlink: libc::nlink_t,
 }
 
 impl From<Metadata> for Cha {
@@ -42,47 +39,30 @@ impl From<Metadata> for Cha {
 			ck |= ChaKind::DIR;
 		}
 
-		#[cfg(unix)]
-		{
-			use std::os::unix::prelude::FileTypeExt;
-			if m.file_type().is_block_device() {
-				ck |= ChaKind::BLOCK;
-			}
-			if m.file_type().is_char_device() {
-				ck |= ChaKind::CHAR;
-			}
-			if m.file_type().is_fifo() {
-				ck |= ChaKind::FIFO;
-			}
-			if m.file_type().is_socket() {
-				ck |= ChaKind::SOCKET;
-			}
-		}
-
 		Self {
-			kind:     ck,
-			len:      m.len(),
-			accessed: m.accessed().ok(),
-			created:  m.created().ok(),
-			modified: m.modified().ok(),
+			kind:  ck,
+			len:   m.len(),
+			atime: m.accessed().ok(),
+			ctime: m.created().ok(),
+			mtime: m.modified().ok(),
 
 			#[cfg(unix)]
-			permissions:              {
+			perm:               {
 				use std::os::unix::prelude::PermissionsExt;
 				m.permissions().mode() as _
 			},
 			#[cfg(unix)]
-			uid:                      {
+			uid:                {
 				use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 				m.uid() as _
 			},
 			#[cfg(unix)]
-			gid:                      {
+			gid:                {
 				use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 				m.gid() as _
 			},
 			#[cfg(unix)]
-			nlink:                    {
+			nlink:              {
 				use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 				m.nlink() as _
 			},
@@ -90,6 +70,50 @@ impl From<Metadata> for Cha {
 	}
 }
 
+impl From<FileType> for Cha {
+	fn from(t: FileType) -> Self {
+		let mut kind = ChaKind::DUMMY;
+
+		#[cfg(unix)]
+		let perm = {
+			use std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt;
+			if t.is_dir() {
+				kind |= ChaKind::DIR;
+				libc::S_IFDIR
+			} else if t.is_symlink() {
+				kind |= ChaKind::LINK;
+				libc::S_IFLNK
+			} else if t.is_block_device() {
+				libc::S_IFBLK
+			} else if t.is_char_device() {
+				libc::S_IFCHR
+			} else if t.is_fifo() {
+				libc::S_IFIFO
+			} else if t.is_socket() {
+				libc::S_IFSOCK
+			} else {
+				0
+			}
+		};
+
+		#[cfg(windows)]
+		{
+			if t.is_dir() {
+				kind |= ChaKind::DIR;
+			} else if t.is_symlink() {
+				kind |= ChaKind::LINK;
+			}
+		}
+
+		Self {
+			kind,
+			#[cfg(unix)]
+			perm,
+			..Default::default()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 impl Cha {
 	#[inline]
 	pub fn with_kind(mut self, kind: ChaKind) -> Self {
@@ -100,34 +124,25 @@ impl Cha {
 
 impl Cha {
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_dir(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::DIR) }
+	pub const fn is_dir(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::DIR) }
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_hidden(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::HIDDEN) }
+	pub const fn is_hidden(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::HIDDEN) }
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_link(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::LINK) }
+	pub const fn is_link(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::LINK) }
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_orphan(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::ORPHAN) }
+	pub const fn is_orphan(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::ORPHAN) }
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_block(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::BLOCK) }
+	pub const fn is_dummy(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::DUMMY) }
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_char(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::CHAR) }
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_fifo(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::FIFO) }
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_sock(&self) -> bool { self.kind.contains(ChaKind::SOCKET) }
-
-	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_exec(&self) -> bool {
+	pub const fn is_block(&self) -> bool {
 		#[cfg(unix)]
 		{
-			self.permissions & libc::S_IXUSR != 0
+			self.perm & libc::S_IFMT == libc::S_IFBLK
 		}
 		#[cfg(windows)]
 		{
@@ -136,10 +151,58 @@ impl Cha {
 	}
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn is_sticky(&self) -> bool {
+	pub const fn is_char(&self) -> bool {
 		#[cfg(unix)]
 		{
-			self.permissions & libc::S_ISVTX != 0
+			self.perm & libc::S_IFMT == libc::S_IFCHR
+		}
+		#[cfg(windows)]
+		{
+			false
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub const fn is_fifo(&self) -> bool {
+		#[cfg(unix)]
+		{
+			self.perm & libc::S_IFMT == libc::S_IFIFO
+		}
+		#[cfg(windows)]
+		{
+			false
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub const fn is_sock(&self) -> bool {
+		#[cfg(unix)]
+		{
+			self.perm & libc::S_IFMT == libc::S_IFSOCK
+		}
+		#[cfg(windows)]
+		{
+			false
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub const fn is_exec(&self) -> bool {
+		#[cfg(unix)]
+		{
+			self.perm & libc::S_IXUSR != 0
+		}
+		#[cfg(windows)]
+		{
+			false
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub const fn is_sticky(&self) -> bool {
+		#[cfg(unix)]
+		{
+			self.perm & libc::S_ISVTX != 0
 		}
 		#[cfg(windows)]
 		{

yazi-shared/src/fs/file.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{cell::Cell, ffi::OsStr, fs::Metadata, ops::Deref};
+use std::{cell::Cell, ffi::OsStr, fs::{FileType, Metadata}, ops::Deref};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use tokio::fs;
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ impl File {
 	}
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn from_dummy(url: &Url) -> Self { Self { url: url.to_owned(), ..Default::default() } }
+	pub fn from_dummy(url: Url, ft: Option<FileType>) -> Self {
+		// TODO: set dummy=true
+		Self { url: url.to_owned(), cha: ft.map_or_else(Cha::default, Cha::from), ..Default::default() }
+	}
 }
 
 impl File {

yazi-shared/src/fs/fns.rs

@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ pub fn copy_with_progress(
 // Convert a file mode to a string representation
 #[cfg(unix)]
 #[allow(clippy::collapsible_else_if)]
-pub fn permissions(m: libc::mode_t) -> String {
+pub fn permissions(m: libc::mode_t, dummy: bool) -> String {
 	use libc::{S_IFBLK, S_IFCHR, S_IFDIR, S_IFIFO, S_IFLNK, S_IFMT, S_IFSOCK, S_IRGRP, S_IROTH, S_IRUSR, S_ISGID, S_ISUID, S_ISVTX, S_IWGRP, S_IWOTH, S_IWUSR, S_IXGRP, S_IXOTH, S_IXUSR};
 	let mut s = String::with_capacity(10);
 
-	// File type
+	// Filetype
 	s.push(match m & S_IFMT {
 		S_IFBLK => 'b',
 		S_IFCHR => 'c',
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ pub fn permissions(m: libc::mode_t) -> String {
 		_ => '-',
 	});
 
+	if dummy {
+		s.push_str("?????????");
+		return s;
+	}
+
 	// Owner
 	s.push(if m & S_IRUSR != 0 { 'r' } else { '-' });
 	s.push(if m & S_IWUSR != 0 { 'w' } else { '-' });