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| -rw-r--r-- | pelican/__init__.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pelican/__init__.py b/pelican/__init__.py index 97135a62..e19644e0 100644 --- a/pelican/__init__.py +++ b/pelican/__init__.py @@ -99,10 +99,11 @@ class Pelican(object): ) for cls in self.get_generator_classes() ] - # erase the directory if it is not the source and if that's - # explicitly asked - if (self.delete_outputdir and not - os.path.realpath(self.path).startswith(self.output_path)): + # Delete the output directory if (1) the appropriate setting is True + # and (2) that directory is not the parent of the source directory + if (self.delete_outputdir + and os.path.commonpath([self.output_path]) != + os.path.commonpath([self.output_path, self.path])): clean_output_dir(self.output_path, self.output_retention) for p in generators: |