DO NOT SUBMIT: Unix domain sockets. From CL 1061283003.

runtime/bin/file_linux.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "platform/globals.h"
 #if defined(TARGET_OS_LINUX)
 
 #include "bin/file.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>  // NOLINT
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   int stat_success;
   if (follow_links) {
     stat_success = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(stat64(pathname, &entry_info));
   } else {
     stat_success = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lstat64(pathname, &entry_info));
   }
   if (stat_success == -1) return File::kDoesNotExist;
   if (S_ISDIR(entry_info.st_mode)) return File::kIsDirectory;
   if (S_ISREG(entry_info.st_mode)) return File::kIsFile;
   if (S_ISLNK(entry_info.st_mode)) return File::kIsLink;
+  if (S_ISSOCK(entry_info.st_mode)) return File::kIsFile;  // HACK.
   return File::kDoesNotExist;
 }
 
 
 File::Identical File::AreIdentical(const char* file_1, const char* file_2) {
   struct stat64 file_1_info;
   struct stat64 file_2_info;
   if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lstat64(file_1, &file_1_info)) == -1 ||
       TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lstat64(file_2, &file_2_info)) == -1) {
     return File::kError;
   }
   return (file_1_info.st_ino == file_2_info.st_ino &&
           file_1_info.st_dev == file_2_info.st_dev) ?
       File::kIdentical :
       File::kDifferent;
 }
 
 }  // namespace bin
 }  // namespace dart
 
 #endif  // defined(TARGET_OS_LINUX)