1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ensure_file.ts b/fs/ensure_file.ts
index 56632f150..6fe8e7822 100644
--- a/fs/ensure_file.ts
+++ b/fs/ensure_file.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import * as path from "./path/mod.ts";
 import { ensureDir, ensureDirSync } from "./ensure_dir.ts";
+import { getFileInfoType } from "./utils.ts";
 
 /**
  * Ensures that the file exists.
@@ -8,10 +9,20 @@ import { ensureDir, ensureDirSync } from "./ensure_dir.ts";
  * these directories are created. If the file already exists, it is NOT MODIFIED.
  */
 export async function ensureFile(filePath: string): Promise<void> {
+  let pathExists = false;
   try {
     // if file exists
-    await Deno.stat(filePath);
-  } catch {
+    const stat = await Deno.lstat(filePath);
+    pathExists = true;
+    if (!stat.isFile()) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Ensure path exists, expected 'file', got '${getFileInfoType(stat)}'`
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (pathExists) {
+      throw err;
+    }
     // if file not exists
     // ensure dir exists
     await ensureDir(path.dirname(filePath));
@@ -26,10 +37,20 @@ export async function ensureFile(filePath: string): Promise<void> {
  * these directories are created. If the file already exists, it is NOT MODIFIED.
  */
 export function ensureFileSync(filePath: string): void {
+  let pathExists = false;
   try {
     // if file exists
-    Deno.statSync(filePath);
-  } catch {
+    const stat = Deno.statSync(filePath);
+    pathExists = true;
+    if (!stat.isFile()) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Ensure path exists, expected 'file', got '${getFileInfoType(stat)}'`
+      );
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (pathExists) {
+      throw err;
+    }
     // if file not exists
     // ensure dir exists
     ensureDirSync(path.dirname(filePath));