Merge pull request #882 from rkuska/develop

Print error message when DEST_DIR exists and is a file

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/virtualenv.py b/virtualenv.py
index 80ed640..c3739a6 100755
--- a/virtualenv.py
+++ b/virtualenv.py
@@ -677,6 +677,11 @@ def main():
 
     home_dir = args[0]
 
+    if os.path.exists(home_dir) and os.path.isfile(home_dir):
+        logger.fatal('ERROR: File already exists and is not a directory.')
+        logger.fatal('Please provide a different path or delete the file.')
+        sys.exit(3)
+
     if os.environ.get('WORKING_ENV'):
         logger.fatal('ERROR: you cannot run virtualenv while in a workingenv')
         logger.fatal('Please deactivate your workingenv, then re-run this script')