Remove sym. link before creating a new one

martin-steinegger · martin-steinegger · commit d36dea228b03 · 2019-05-03T22:52:16.000-04:00
diff --git a/src/commons/FileUtil.cpp b/src/commons/FileUtil.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ void FileUtil::symlinkAlias(const std::string &file, const std::string &alias) {
 }
 
 void FileUtil::symlinkAbs(const std::string &target, const std::string &link) {
+    if(FileUtil::fileExists(link.c_str())){
+        FileUtil::remove(link.c_str());
+    }
     char *t = realpath(target.c_str(), NULL);
     if (t == NULL) {
         Debug(Debug::ERROR) << "Could not get realpath of " << target << "!\n";

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ void FileUtil::symlinkAlias(const std::string &file, const std::string &alias) {`
`183`	`183`	`}`
`184`	`184`
`185`	`185`	`void FileUtil::symlinkAbs(const std::string &target, const std::string &link) {`
	`186`	`+ if(FileUtil::fileExists(link.c_str())){`
	`187`	`+ FileUtil::remove(link.c_str());`
	`188`	`+ }`
`186`	`189`	`char *t = realpath(target.c_str(), NULL);`
`187`	`190`	`if (t == NULL) {`
`188`	`191`	`Debug(Debug::ERROR) << "Could not get realpath of " << target << "!\n";`