[Libguestfs] [PATCH 2/2] copy-in: error out early if the localpath does not exist (RHBZ#1267032)

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:18:39PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 September 2015 12:55:31 Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:38:52AM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> > > ---
> > >  src/copy-in-out.c | 6 ++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/src/copy-in-out.c b/src/copy-in-out.c
> > > index 0dd8cd3..2b1e4d4 100644
> > > --- a/src/copy-in-out.c
> > > +++ b/src/copy-in-out.c
> > > @@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ guestfs_impl_copy_in (guestfs_h *g, const char *localpath, const char *remotedir
> > >    char buf[buf_len];
> > >    const char *dirname, *basename;
> > >    CLEANUP_FREE char *tar_buf = NULL;
> > > +  struct stat statbuf;
> > > +
> > > +  if (stat (localpath, &statbuf) == -1) {
> > > +    error (g, _("source '%s' does not exist (or cannot be read)"), localpath);
> > > +    return -1;
> > > +  }
> > >  
> > >    int remote_is_dir = guestfs_is_dir (g, remotedir);
> > >    if (remote_is_dir == -1)
> > 
> > NACK.  See the patch series I just posted.
> 
> Would patch #2 be acceptable anyway, as simple starting check?

Would it be better for it to use perrorf() there?

I'm trying to think of a case where localpath could not be stat'ed,
and yet tar would succeed, but I can't think of one.

Rich.

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