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-rw-r--r--erts/preloaded/src/prim_file.erl4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/erts/preloaded/src/prim_file.erl b/erts/preloaded/src/prim_file.erl
index 75b0faacd3..10be852e92 100644
--- a/erts/preloaded/src/prim_file.erl
+++ b/erts/preloaded/src/prim_file.erl
@@ -1228,5 +1228,7 @@ reverse(X) -> lists:reverse(X, []).
reverse(L, T) -> lists:reverse(L, T).
% Will add zero termination too
+% The 'EXIT' tuple from a bad argument will eventually generate an error
+% in list_to_binary, which is caught and generates the {error,badarg} return
pathname(File) ->
- prim_file:internal_name2native(File).
+ (catch prim_file:internal_name2native(File)).