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Re: [PATCH] mingw_rmdir: do not prompt for retry when non-empty

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 4, 2012, 16:35 UTC
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Hi kusma,
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
Show 14 quoted lines
> in ab1a11be ("mingw_rmdir: set errno=ENOTEMPTY when appropriate"),
> a check was added to prevent us from retrying to delete a directory
> that is both in use and non-empty.
> 
> However, this logic was slightly flawed; since we didn't return
> immediately, we end up falling out of the retry-loop, but right into
> the prompting loop.
> 
> Fix this by simply returning from the function instead of breaking
> the loop.
> 
> While we're at it, change the second break to a return as well; we
> already know that we won't enter the prompting-loop, beacuse
> is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()) already evaluated to false.

I usually prefer to break from the loop, to be able to add whatever cleanup code we might need in the future after the loop.

So does this fix the problem for you?
-- snipsnap --
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 04af3dc..504495a 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ int mingw_rmdir(const char *pathname)
 		return -1;
 
 	while ((ret = _wrmdir(wpathname)) == -1 && tries < ARRAY_SIZE(delay)) {
-		if (!is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()))
+		errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
+		if (errno != EACCESS)
 			break;
 		if (!is_dir_empty(wpathname)) {
 			errno = ENOTEMPTY;
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ int mingw_rmdir(const char *pathname)
 		Sleep(delay[tries]);
 		tries++;
 	}
-	while (ret == -1 && is_file_in_use_error(GetLastError()) &&
+	while (ret == -1 && errno == EACCESS &&
 	       ask_yes_no_if_possible("Deletion of directory '%s' failed. "
 			"Should I try again?", pathname))
 	       ret = _wrmdir(wpathname);
-- 
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  1. mingw_rmdir: do not prompt for retry when non-emptyErik Faye-Lund, Dec 4, 2012
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 4, 2012
  3. Erik Faye-LundDec 5, 2012
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 5, 2012
  5. Erik Faye-LundDec 5, 2012
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