From 1d2c275fffcde1fb0e53f736b282117883f84d2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:13:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] I can't believe it - solaris allows unlink of a non-empty
 directory as root, leaving a corrupt filesystem. Are those guys on drugs?

try to avoid the problem as best we can.
---
 rsync.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
index 039e1cd5..ce8e9018 100644
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ int delete_file(char *fname)
 	int ret;
 	extern int recurse;
 
-	if (robust_unlink(fname) == 0 || errno == ENOENT) return 0;
-
 #if SUPPORT_LINKS
 	ret = do_lstat(fname, &st);
 #else
@@ -69,6 +67,7 @@ int delete_file(char *fname)
 	}
 
 	if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		if (robust_unlink(fname) == 0 || errno == ENOENT) return 0;
 		rprintf(FERROR,"unlink(%s) : %s\n", fname, strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
-- 
2.34.1