Github user jbertram commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/2222#discussion_r208297490
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artemis-journal/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/io/AbstractSequentialFileFactory.java
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@@ -224,8 +224,10 @@ public void releaseBuffer(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
@Override
public void createDirs() throws Exception {
boolean ok = journalDir.mkdirs();
- if (!ok) {
- throw new IOException("Failed to create directory " + journalDir);
+ if (!ok && !journalDir.exists()) {
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If the directory already exists then `mkdirs()` will return false, but that
shouldn't be treated as an error therefore the `if` tests both conditions.
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