From 38897f7df4ef71fef5b074a177338b35ae314d29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:09:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add use of access(2) to filesystem exists_and_is_writable()
 implementation, to pick up filesystems mounted read-only

git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/3.0@12701 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
---
 libs/pbd/filesystem.cc | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc b/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
index 819a044a7b..344252f4ba 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/filesystem.cc
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ exists_and_writable (const path & p)
 			/* exists and is not writable */
 			return false;
 		}
+		/* filesystem may be mounted read-only, so even though file
+		 * permissions permit access, the mount status does not.
+		 * access(2) seems like the best test for this.
+		 */
+		if (g_access (p.to_string().c_str(), W_OK) != 0) {
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true;