1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index e4fa9d84cd..ea3cf64d4c 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -690,3 +690,16 @@ int xgethostname(char *buf, size_t len)
 		buf[len - 1] = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int is_empty_or_missing_file(const char *filename)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (stat(filename, &st) < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENOENT)
+			return 1;
+		die_errno(_("could not stat %s"), filename);
+	}
+
+	return !st.st_size;
+}