From e99063d6c0a17c37e591123b0a49fe19f8f1d441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JonnyWong16 <9099342+JonnyWong16@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:40:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Test data folder writable with file

* Fixes #1441
---
 .gitignore  |  1 +
 Tautulli.py | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 25777166..e486aca1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ newsletters/*
 *.mmdb
 version.txt
 branch.txt
+.TEST
 
 # HTTPS Cert/Key #
 ##################
diff --git a/Tautulli.py b/Tautulli.py
index 069f771b..1b19281d 100755
--- a/Tautulli.py
+++ b/Tautulli.py
@@ -212,9 +212,18 @@ def main():
                 'Could not create data directory: ' + plexpy.DATA_DIR + '. Exiting....')
 
     # Make sure the DATA_DIR is writeable
-    if not os.access(plexpy.DATA_DIR, os.W_OK):
+    test_file = os.path.join(plexpy.DATA_DIR, '.TEST')
+    try:
+        with open(test_file, 'w'):
+            pass
+    except IOError:
         raise SystemExit(
             'Cannot write to the data directory: ' + plexpy.DATA_DIR + '. Exiting...')
+    finally:
+        try:
+            os.remove(test_file)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
 
     # Put the database in the DATA_DIR
     plexpy.DB_FILE = os.path.join(plexpy.DATA_DIR, database.FILENAME)