SftpClient.CreateDirectory throws SshException when directory exists
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 4.4k
- Forks
- 993
- Avg merge
- 9d 21h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
When calling SftpClient.CreateDirectory when a directory already exists throws an SshException. Is this expected? It would be nice to either not throw or throw a more meaning full error.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing SftpClient.CreateDirectory when the target directory already exists. Inspect the CreateDirectory entry point and determine the current exception behavior; completion depends on deciding whether an existing directory should be accepted or produce a more meaningful error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100