}
if ((add_image_flags & WIMLIB_ADD_IMAGE_FLAG_ROOT) &&
- !S_ISDIR(root_stbuf.st_mode)) {
- ERROR("`%s' is not a directory", root_disk_path);
- return WIMLIB_ERR_NOTDIR;
+ !S_ISDIR(root_stbuf.st_mode))
+ {
+ /* Do a dereference-stat in case the root is a symbolic link.
+ * This case is allowed, provided that the symbolic link points
+ * to a directory. */
+ ret = stat(root_disk_path, &root_stbuf);
+ if (ret != 0) {
+ ERROR_WITH_ERRNO("Failed to stat `%s'", root_disk_path);
+ return WIMLIB_ERR_STAT;
+ }
+ if (!S_ISDIR(root_stbuf.st_mode)) {
+ ERROR("`%s' is not a directory", root_disk_path);
+ return WIMLIB_ERR_NOTDIR;
+ }
}
if (!S_ISREG(root_stbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISDIR(root_stbuf.st_mode)
&& !S_ISLNK(root_stbuf.st_mode)) {