From 6c1674429257859d469d5c5aa82acdc7b35f4e70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 16:24:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] files: avoid a warning about not being able to write a
 lockfile

Instead be more specific and say that the directory is not writable.
---
 src/files.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index a9ca3256..5a137f07 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ bool has_valid_path(const char *filename)
 	statusline(ALERT, _("Path '%s' is not a directory"), parentdir);
     else if (access(parentdir, X_OK) == -1)
 	statusline(ALERT, _("Path '%s' is not accessible"), parentdir);
+    else if (ISSET(LOCKING) && access(parentdir, W_OK) == -1)
+	statusline(MILD, _("Directory '%s' is not writable"), parentdir);
     else
 	validity = TRUE;
 
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