From d198e397fd728311bd3c07807036ceeb6759f311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: def <dennis@felsin9.de>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:24:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check that file passed to getFileInfo is not nil

---
 lib/pure/os.nim | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/pure/os.nim b/lib/pure/os.nim
index bf581667bd..d2e112c189 100644
--- a/lib/pure/os.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/os.nim
@@ -1997,6 +1997,8 @@ proc getFileInfo*(handle: FileHandle): FileInfo =
     rawToFormalFileInfo(rawInfo, result)
 
 proc getFileInfo*(file: File): FileInfo =
+  if file.isNil:
+    raise newException(IOError, "File is nil")
   result = getFileInfo(file.getFileHandle())
 
 proc getFileInfo*(path: string, followSymlink = true): FileInfo =