From 2df0d422901e92b9f8109112e763b17a8c6bb27d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ColemanTom <15375218+ColemanTom@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:37:32 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure error code is kept if destination dir is not writable

Signed-off-by: ColemanTom <15375218+ColemanTom@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/dsync/dsync.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/dsync/dsync.c b/src/dsync/dsync.c
index 2b4276f4..8de1e2d6 100644
--- a/src/dsync/dsync.c
+++ b/src/dsync/dsync.c
@@ -3354,13 +3354,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     /* check that destination parent is writable */
     if(mfu_file_access(dest_parent_str, W_OK, mfu_dst_file) < 0) {
+        int saved_errno = errno;
         mfu_loglevel log_level = MFU_LOG_ERR;
         if (options.dry_run)
             log_level = MFU_LOG_WARN;
         MFU_LOG(log_level, "Destination parent directory is not writable `%s' (errno=%d %s)",
-                dest_parent_str, errno, strerror(errno));
+                dest_parent_str, saved_errno, strerror(saved_errno));
         if (!options.dry_run) {
             mfu_free(&dest_parent_str);
+            rc = saved_errno;
             goto ERROR;
         }
     }