common: check_create_dir(): Support symlinks as well.

[collectd.git] / src / common.c

diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index d2a1b36..530f733 100644 (file)
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -542,7 +542,8 @@ int check_create_dir (const char *file_orig)
                }
 
                while (42) {
-                       if (stat (dir, &statbuf) == -1)
+                       if ((stat (dir, &statbuf) == -1)
+                                       && (lstat (dir, &statbuf) == -1))
                        {
                                if (errno == ENOENT)
                                {