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authorMax Kellermann <max@duempel.org>2011-11-28 09:44:36 +0100
committerMax Kellermann <max@duempel.org>2011-11-28 09:51:21 +0100
commit718e180423aeb84fc513858415a201905630580c (patch)
tree2dc81c2e2f0deab7fc221dfafe75ec19583f7bc8
parentcead5e5bd75ed2d71f3834adcb02e3d99082df7f (diff)
mapper: check "x" permission on music directory
This is a common support case, and hopefully, the new error message will allow the user to understand the error without requiring support.
-rw-r--r--NEWS1
-rw-r--r--src/mapper.c8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index aa84dbede..223c39321 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ver 0.16.6 (2010/??/??)
- flac, null, wave: fix buffer corruption bug
- wave: support packed 24 bit samples
* mapper: fix the bogus "not a directory" error message
+* mapper: check "x" permission on music directory
* log: print reason for failure
* event_pipe: fix WIN32 regression
* define WINVER in ./configure
diff --git a/src/mapper.c b/src/mapper.c
index 30d932f95..41ed6550b 100644
--- a/src/mapper.c
+++ b/src/mapper.c
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ check_directory(const char *path)
g_warning("Not a directory: %s", path);
return;
}
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+ char *x = g_build_filename(path, ".", NULL);
+ if (stat(x, &st) < 0 && errno == EACCES)
+ g_warning("No permission to traverse (\"execute\") directory: %s",
+ path);
+ g_free(x);
+#endif
}
static void