diff --git a/fileinfo.go b/fileinfo.go
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+package raft
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+
+	"sourcecode.social/reiver/go-erorr"
+)
+
+// fileInfo is similar to fs.File.Stat(), except that if fs.File.Stat() returns 'nil' for 'fs.FileInfo' then it returns an error.
+func fileInfo(file fs.File) (fs.FileInfo, error) {
+
+	if nil == file {
+		return nil, errNilFile
+	}
+
+	var fileinfo fs.FileInfo
+	{
+		var err error
+
+		fileinfo, err = file.Stat()
+		if nil != err {
+			return nil, erorr.Errorf("raft: problem getting file-info: %w", err)
+		}
+		if nil == fileinfo {
+			return nil, errNilFileInfo
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fileinfo, nil
+}