diff -r 4679f67a8324 -r 7471529c0d11 src/PlainFilesystemCommand.h
--- a/src/PlainFilesystemCommand.h	Fri Jan 24 16:53:31 2020 +0100
+++ b/src/PlainFilesystemCommand.h	Fri Jan 24 21:05:10 2020 +0100
@@ -41,26 +41,10 @@
 
 		string_t relationName = fetchRelationName(&configuration);
 		writeHeader(writer.get(), attributeFinders, relationName, &configuration.fields);
-		
+
 
 		for (std::stringstream originalName; readNext(input, originalName); reset(originalName)) {
-			fs::path file(originalName.str().empty() ? "." : originalName.str()); // interpret empty string as current directory (e.g. result of: find -printf '%P\0')
-			bool exists = false;
-
-			try {
-				exists = fs::exists(file);
-			} catch (const fs::filesystem_error& e) {
-				// we probably do not have permissions to given directory → pretend that the file does not exist
-			}
-
-			for (auto& finder : attributeFinders) finder.second->startFile(file, originalName.str(), exists);
-
-			for (RequestedField field : configuration.fields) {
-				std::shared_ptr<AttributeFinder> finder = attributeFinders[field.group]; // should not be nullptr, because already checked while writing the relation metadata
-				finder->writeField(writer.get(), relationName, field);
-			}
-
-			for (auto& finder : attributeFinders) finder.second->endFile();
+			processSingleFile(writer, originalName, attributeFinders, configuration, relationName);
 		}
 	}
 };