[erlang-bugs] release_handler:remove_file fails on symlinks

[Gustav Simonsson]

Hi Anders!

file:read_file_info/1 does indeed return {error,enoent}on symbolic 
directory links,
causing release_handler:remove_file/1 to fail on such links, or on 
directories containing one.

We will add a fix for this in the next release.

Thank you for the report!

Regards,
Gustav Simonsson

On 2012-01-13 01:34, Anders Nygren wrote:
> Hi
> release_handler:remove_file fails if the file is a symlink. This
> causes release_handler:remove_release to fail
> halfway through removing the release, leaving the system in an
> inconsistent state.
>
> The reason is that file:read_file_info/1 is used to check if a file is
> a directory or a normal file.
> It seems to me like changing to file:read_link_info/1 fixes the problem.
>
> /Anders
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