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alexcrichton opened this issue Jul 1, 2015 · 3 comments
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fs::create_dir_all fails for directory junctions on Windows #26716

alexcrichton opened this issue Jul 1, 2015 · 3 comments
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First reported in rust-lang/cargo#1749, it looks like if an intermediate directory is a junction on Windows then fs::create_dir_all will fail. Unfortunately the standard library doesn't provide away to create a junction, but a setup like this should work:

mkdir foo
mklink /J bar foo
use std::fs;
fs::create_dir_all("bar/test").unwrap() // this fails
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The Cargo report claims this was a regression, so I'm going to nominate this.

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I suspect fs::metadata(&junction).is_dir() is returning false (when it should perhaps return true), but I have not had a chance to investigate this too closely.

@alexcrichton alexcrichton added the T-libs-api Relevant to the library API team, which will review and decide on the PR/issue. label Jul 1, 2015
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triage: P-high

@rust-highfive rust-highfive added P-high High priority and removed I-nominated labels Jul 8, 2015
@brson brson added I-nominated regression-from-stable-to-nightly Performance or correctness regression from stable to nightly. P-high High priority and removed P-high High priority labels Jul 8, 2015
@alexcrichton alexcrichton mentioned this issue Jul 9, 2015
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std: Consider directory junctions as directories
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Previously on Windows a directory junction would return false from `is_dir`,
causing various odd behavior, specifically calls to `create_dir_all` might fail
when they would otherwise continue to succeed.

Closes rust-lang#26716
bors added a commit that referenced this issue Jul 11, 2015
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Auto merge of #26929 - alexcrichton:windows-dir-junction, r=brson
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Previously on Windows a directory junction would return false from `is_dir`,
causing various odd behavior, specifically calls to `create_dir_all` might fail
when they would otherwise continue to succeed.

Closes #26716
@alexcrichton alexcrichton mentioned this issue Feb 3, 2016
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