From 7063c2abeccefb79455b1bc035edcb69fcb212d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:48:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] locking (win32): deal with os.listdir PermissionErrors

due to unclear circumstances, windows sometimes just says "PermissionError" when trying to list a directory.
---
 src/borg/locking.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/borg/locking.py b/src/borg/locking.py
index a98d7b1e2..efb9e997b 100644
--- a/src/borg/locking.py
+++ b/src/borg/locking.py
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ class ExclusiveLock:
             names = os.listdir(self.path)
         except FileNotFoundError:  # another process did our job in the meantime.
             pass
+        except PermissionError:  # win32 might throw this.
+            return False
         else:
             for name in names:
                 try: