remote load: check if input is directory

The remote client does not support loading directories yet.  To prevent
confusing error messages and to make the behaviour more explicit, check
if the input points to a directory and throw an error if needed.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <rothberg@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/e2e/load_test.go b/test/e2e/load_test.go
index 2b401a09d..b719b034e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/load_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/load_test.go
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman load", func() {
 		Expect(result.ExitCode()).To(Equal(0))
 	})
 
+	It("podman-remote load directory", func() {
+		// Remote-only test looking for the specific remote error
+		// message when trying to load a directory.
+		if !IsRemote() {
+			Skip("Remote only test")
+		}
+
+		result := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"load", "-i", podmanTest.TempDir})
+		result.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(result.ExitCode()).To(Equal(125))
+
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("remote client supports archives only but %q is a directory", podmanTest.TempDir)
+		found, _ := result.ErrorGrepString(errMsg)
+		Expect(found).Should(BeTrue())
+	})
+
 	It("podman load bogus file", func() {
 		save := podmanTest.PodmanNoCache([]string{"load", "-i", "foobar.tar"})
 		save.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()