From b23de9d9cb66793a853b8305edfe0dbabe0b24f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 11:47:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Gracefully handle files/symlinks/dirs deleted while copy

Ignore not-exist errors while doing the actualy copy because
files/symlinks/dirs may be deleted while reading the source directory.

fixes https://github.com/otiai10/copy/issues/72
---
 copy.go | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/copy.go b/copy.go
index 60643dd..d0450e7 100644
--- a/copy.go
+++ b/copy.go
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ func copyNextOrSkip(src, dest string, info os.FileInfo, opt Options) error {
 // with considering existence of parent directory
 // and file permission.
 func fcopy(src, dest string, info os.FileInfo, opt Options) (err error) {
+	s, err := os.Open(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	defer fclose(s, &err)
 
 	if err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(dest), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 		return
@@ -82,12 +90,6 @@ func fcopy(src, dest string, info os.FileInfo, opt Options) (err error) {
 	}
 	chmodfunc(&err)
 
-	s, err := os.Open(src)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	defer fclose(s, &err)
-
 	var buf []byte = nil
 	var w io.Writer = f
 	var r io.Reader = s
@@ -146,6 +148,9 @@ func dcopy(srcdir, destdir string, info os.FileInfo, opt Options) (err error) {
 
 	contents, err := ioutil.ReadDir(srcdir)
 	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -222,6 +227,9 @@ func onsymlink(src, dest string, opt Options) error {
 func lcopy(src, dest string) error {
 	src, err := os.Readlink(src)
 	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 	return os.Symlink(src, dest)