Index: /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20191011/Nebulous/bin/neb-stat
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--- /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20191011/Nebulous/bin/neb-stat	(revision 40993)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/ipp-20191011/Nebulous/bin/neb-stat	(revision 40994)
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 eval {
     $user_copies = $neb->getxattr($key, "user.copies");
+    die ("user.copies not found") unless $user_copies;
 };
-unless(defined($user_copies)) {
+unless(defined($user_copies) and $user_copies ne "") {
     $user_copies = 1;
 }