# Failure to execute the command should lead to an error message and
# non-zero exit status. See https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/704522/56202
-
-! stderr=$(invoke_bfs basic -exec "$TESTS/nonexistent" {} \; 2>&1 >/dev/null)
-[ -n "$stderr" ]
-
-! bfs_diff basic -print -exec "$TESTS/nonexistent" {} \; -print
+bfs_diff basic -print -exec "$TESTS/nonexistent" {} \; -print 2>"$TEST/err" && fail
+test -s "$TEST/err"