From e14fc998b3ae23c053eb3963e82e7d6846a5af4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:25:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent the use existing work dir (#5682) [ci fast]

Signed-off-by: Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
---
 .../src/main/groovy/nextflow/processor/TaskProcessor.groovy | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/processor/TaskProcessor.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/processor/TaskProcessor.groovy
index 4b5fbf2791..f17e905f4e 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/processor/TaskProcessor.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/processor/TaskProcessor.groovy
@@ -830,7 +830,11 @@ class TaskProcessor {
             try {
                 if( resumeDir != workDir )
                     exists = workDir.exists()
-                if( !exists && !workDir.mkdirs() )
+                if( exists ) {
+                    tries++
+                    continue
+                }
+                else if( !workDir.mkdirs() )
                     throw new IOException("Unable to create directory=$workDir -- check file system permissions")
             }
             finally {