index: improve error handling

2020-11-05 00:37:14 +02:00
parent bc1d1a84bd
commit f7452761cb
2 changed files with 20 additions and 6 deletions
--- a/mu/mu-cmd-index.cc
+++ b/mu/mu-cmd-index.cc
@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ mu_cmd_index (Mu::Store& store, const MuConfig *opts, GError **err)
 		return MU_ERROR;
 	}

+        const auto mdir{store.metadata().root_maildir};
+        if (G_UNLIKELY(access (mdir.c_str(), R_OK) != 0)) {
+                mu_util_g_set_error(err, MU_ERROR_FILE,
+                                   "'%s' is not readable: %s", mdir.c_str(), strerror (errno));
+                return MU_ERROR;
+        }
+
        MaybeAnsi col{!opts->nocolor};
        using Color = MaybeAnsi::Color;
        if (!opts->quiet) {