extra check added MacOS is strange

kosloot · kosloot · commit 68becb433e4d · 2024-09-12T09:41:46.000+02:00
diff --git a/src/FileUtils.cxx b/src/FileUtils.cxx
@@ -136,14 +136,19 @@ namespace TiCC {
 
   void erase( const string& name ){
     /// remove a file
-    try {
+    if ( isFile( name ) ){
       filesystem::path p(name);
-      filesystem::remove( p );
+      try {
+	filesystem::remove( p );
+      }
+      catch ( const exception& e ){
+	// error OR file doesn't exist
+	throw runtime_error( "could not erase file/path '" + name + "': "
+			     + e.what() );
+      }
     }
-    catch ( const exception& e ){
-      // error OR file doesn't exist
-      throw runtime_error( "could not erase file/path '" + name + "': "
-			   + e.what() );
+    else {
+      throw runtime_error( "could not erase file/path '" + name + "'" );
     }
   }
 
