When trying to create a directory called `xyz` in the presence of a directory `xyz.lnk`, the Cygwin runtime errors out with an `ENOENT`.
The root cause is actually a bit deeper: the `symlink_info::check()` method tries to figure out whether the given path refers to a symbolic link as emulated via `.lnk` files, but since it is a directory, that is not the case, and that hypothesis is rejected. However, the `fileattr` field is not cleared, so that a later `.exists()` call on the instance mistakenly thinks that the symlink actually exists. Let's clear that field. This fixes https://github.com/msys2/msys2-runtime/issues/81 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> --- Published-As: https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime/releases/tag/dont-confuse-a-xyz.lnk-directory-for-a-lnk-file-cygwin-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/msys2-runtime dont-confuse-a-xyz.lnk-directory-for-a-lnk-file-cygwin-v1 winsup/cygwin/path.cc | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc index 5ab75f1055..87ac2404aa 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc @@ -3336,6 +3336,7 @@ restart: hasn't been found. */ if (ext_tacked_on && !had_ext && (fileattr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) { + fileattr = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES; set_error (ENOENT); continue; } base-commit: 1dd65a9ede44cafe8a52b8d85becca73d4fd7786 -- 2.35.0.rc1.windows.1
