3 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index e4758aaf88..b28790f0e4 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ replace_file(const char *from, const char *to)
     case FN_NOENT:
       break;
     case FN_FILE:
+    case FN_EMPTY:
       if (unlink(to)) return -1;
       break;
     case FN_ERROR:
diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index e850b14a16..1c35338eef 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -1888,10 +1888,15 @@ clean_name_for_stat(char *name)
 #endif
 }
 
-/** Return FN_ERROR if filename can't be read, or is NULL or zero-length,
- * FN_NOENT if it doesn't
- * exist, FN_FILE if it is a regular file, or FN_DIR if it's a
- * directory.  On FN_ERROR, sets errno. */
+/** Return:
+ * FN_ERROR if filename can't be read, is NULL, or is zero-length,
+ * FN_NOENT if it doesn't exist,
+ * FN_FILE if it is a non-empty regular file, or a FIFO on unix-like systems,
+ * FN_EMPTY for zero-byte regular files,
+ * FN_DIR if it's a directory, and
+ * FN_ERROR for any other file type.
+ * On FN_ERROR and FN_NOENT, sets errno.  (errno is not set when FN_ERROR
+ * is returned due to an unhandled file type.) */
 file_status_t
 file_status(const char *fname)
 {
@@ -1912,16 +1917,23 @@ file_status(const char *fname)
     }
     return FN_ERROR;
   }
-  if (st.st_mode & S_IFDIR)
+  if (st.st_mode & S_IFDIR) {
     return FN_DIR;
-  else if (st.st_mode & S_IFREG)
-    return FN_FILE;
+  } else if (st.st_mode & S_IFREG) {
+    if (st.st_size > 0) {
+      return FN_FILE;
+    } else if (st.st_size == 0) {
+      return FN_EMPTY;
+    } else {
+      return FN_ERROR;
+    }
 #ifndef _WIN32
-  else if (st.st_mode & S_IFIFO)
+  } else if (st.st_mode & S_IFIFO) {
     return FN_FILE;
 #endif
-  else
+  } else {
     return FN_ERROR;
+  }
 }
 
 /** Check whether <b>dirname</b> exists and is private.  If yes return 0.  If
diff --git a/src/common/util.h b/src/common/util.h
index d7feb6e925..c5471ff9f2 100644
--- a/src/common/util.h
+++ b/src/common/util.h
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ enum stream_status get_string_from_pipe(FILE *stream, char *buf, size_t count);
 
 /** Return values from file_status(); see that function's documentation
  * for details. */
-typedef enum { FN_ERROR, FN_NOENT, FN_FILE, FN_DIR } file_status_t;
+typedef enum { FN_ERROR, FN_NOENT, FN_FILE, FN_DIR, FN_EMPTY } file_status_t;
 file_status_t file_status(const char *filename);
 
 /** Possible behaviors for check_private_dir() on encountering a nonexistent