From 4efb19dc763a84b46f42f5d04f815d95c04ce072 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Bruhin <git@the-compiler.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 16:40:46 +0200
Subject: Handle OSError when creating download directory

Fixes #2570

(cherry picked from commit 7ed71592e013ab2c7e7eaad92b832d12560c3798)
---
 qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py b/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
index 396f5152c..854fd1ca5 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ def download_dir():
     else:
         ddir = directory
 
-    os.makedirs(ddir, exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(ddir, exist_ok=True)
+    except OSError as e:
+        message.error("Failed to create download directory: {}".format(e))
 
     return ddir
 
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