Cannot overwrite existing directory if symlink present (OSX)

[marwanhilmi]

Let's say I have x.zip with contains a symlink and I unzip the first time to /foo.
If I try to unzip the same zip (or another zip containing the same symlink) to /foo it will fail with EEXIST. Regular files overwrite as expected (ie fs.writestream by default will overwrite). Unfortunately fs.symlink fails if the symlink already exists.

I can make a PR but do you have any suggestions on how to proceed?
I was thinking we check if the symlink already exists and delete before creating the new symlink.

Furthermore - should overwrite be set by flag (for the regular files as well)?

[max-mapper]

Hmm good question, @mafintosh what do you think we should do here?

[canoztokmak]

having the same issue here..

[cyberalien]

I had same issue. Temporary workaround is to unlink existing file in onEntry event:

    extract(archive, {
        dir: dir,
        onEntry: (entry, zipfile) => {
            try {
                fs.unlinkSync(dir + '/' + entry.fileName);
            } catch (err) {
            }
        }
    }, err => {
       // ... do stuff
    });