From 86faa0253684c6d5c7d7d8ea82693cd764397c52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Torben <t.kraf03@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:11:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bug fix mkdir /.erc

---
 lib/steps.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/steps.js b/lib/steps.js
index df4e4fc..9c83b2b 100644
--- a/lib/steps.js
+++ b/lib/steps.js
@@ -647,7 +647,11 @@ function extractMetadata(passon) {
 
         // create output dir to avoid later issues with access rights
         // (if directory is created a a side effect of the Bind below it belongs to root)
-        fse.mkdirSync(metaextract_output_dir);
+        try {
+          fse.mkdirSync(metaextract_output_dir);
+        } catch(e) {
+            debug('[%s] error creating metadata output directory at %s: %s', passon.id, metaextract_output_dir, e);
+        }
 
         // run metadata extraction container
         let create_options = Object.assign(