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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nix/libutil/util.cc b/nix/libutil/util.cc
index 69f1c634a9..4d3780e3c2 100644
--- a/nix/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/nix/libutil/util.cc
@@ -337,12 +337,15 @@ static void _deletePath(const Path & path, unsigned long long & bytesFreed, size
for (auto & i : readDirectory(path))
_deletePath(path + "/" + i.name, bytesFreed, linkThreshold);
}
+
+ int ret;
+ ret = S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) ? rmdir(path.c_str()) : unlink(path.c_str());
+ if (ret == -1)
+ throw SysError(format("cannot unlink `%1%'") % path);
+
#undef st_mode
#undef st_size
#undef st_nlink
-
- if (remove(path.c_str()) == -1)
- throw SysError(format("cannot unlink `%1%'") % path);
}