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-rw-r--r--lib/makepath.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/makepath.c b/lib/makepath.c
index 4218e90c6..8ac46fe46 100644
--- a/lib/makepath.c
+++ b/lib/makepath.c
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ make_path (argpath, mode, parent_mode, owner, group, preserve_existing,
while (1)
{
+ int newly_created_dir = 1;
+
/* slash points to the leftmost unprocessed component of dirpath. */
basename_dir = slash;
@@ -236,10 +238,11 @@ make_path (argpath, mode, parent_mode, owner, group, preserve_existing,
else
{
/* DIRPATH already exists and is a directory. */
+ newly_created_dir = 0;
}
}
- if (verbose_fmt_string != NULL)
+ if (newly_created_dir && verbose_fmt_string != NULL)
error (0, 0, verbose_fmt_string, dirpath);
if (owner != (uid_t) -1 && group != (gid_t) -1