From b51fa81f0e7cd7ab21f3683f356b0380f9dce75b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Lu <chris.lu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:36:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix directory checking

---
 weed/shell/commands.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/weed/shell/commands.go b/weed/shell/commands.go
index 7e240de5f..6e40380e0 100644
--- a/weed/shell/commands.go
+++ b/weed/shell/commands.go
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ func (ce *CommandEnv) checkDirectory(path string) error {
 
 	dir, name := util.FullPath(path).DirAndName()
 
-	_, err := filer_pb.Exists(ce, dir, name, true)
+	exists, err := filer_pb.Exists(ce, dir, name, true)
+
+	if !exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s is not a directory", path)
+	}
 
 	return err