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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/util/util.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/util/util.c b/lib/util/util.c index 0d9ffe5cb7b..52fc61a3e81 100644 --- a/lib/util/util.c +++ b/lib/util/util.c @@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ _PUBLIC_ bool directory_exist(const char *dname) /** * Try to create the specified directory if it didn't exist. + * A symlink to a directory is also accepted as a valid existing directory. * * @retval true if the directory already existed * or was successfully created. @@ -372,9 +373,22 @@ _PUBLIC_ bool directory_create_or_exist(const char *dname, return false; } - if (!S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode)) { - return false; + if (S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode)) { + return true; } + + if (S_ISLNK(sbuf.st_mode)) { + ret = stat(dname, &sbuf); + if (ret != 0) { + return false; + } + + if (S_ISDIR(sbuf.st_mode)) { + return true; + } + } + + return false; } return true; |