From 8e19d382cf2566ca5f46a5f9a5305f121e0f321a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sfan5 <sfan5@live.de>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 00:13:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make fs::RecursiveDelete() silent if nothing to do

---
 src/filesys.cpp | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/filesys.cpp b/src/filesys.cpp
index cf22af8e09..2d551d7a57 100644
--- a/src/filesys.cpp
+++ b/src/filesys.cpp
@@ -363,16 +363,15 @@ bool IsExecutable(const std::string &path)
 
 bool RecursiveDelete(const std::string &path)
 {
-	/*
-		Execute the 'rm' command directly, by fork() and execve()
-	*/
+	assert(IsPathAbsolute(path));
+	if (!PathExists(path))
+		return true;
+
+	// Execute the 'rm' command directly, by fork() and execve()
 
 	infostream << "Removing \"" << path << "\"" << std::endl;
 
-	assert(IsPathAbsolute(path));
-
 	const pid_t child_pid = fork();
-
 	if (child_pid == -1) {
 		errorstream << "fork errno: " << errno << ": " << strerror(errno)
 			<< std::endl;