# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
# Date 1644873663 -3600
# Node ID add33265bcf4fd5608b069b3b925eaff62ed89d8
# Parent  77b98aed9da89f04acf68d7a8c3c3bb98fc61b53
Fixed unlinking of top-level objects.

diff -r 77b98aed9da8 -r add33265bcf4 libe2access/lib/src/image.c
--- a/libe2access/lib/src/image.c	Mon Feb 14 00:46:57 2022 +0100
+++ b/libe2access/lib/src/image.c	Mon Feb 14 22:21:03 2022 +0100
@@ -558,13 +558,22 @@
     ext2_ino_t ino_parent;
     errcode_t retval;
 
+    /* Copy the path and split it. */
+
     strcpy(_path, path);
     basename = path_split(_path);
 
-    retval = image_find_path(fs, &remaining, &ino_parent);
+    /* Determine the parent directory. */
+
+    if (basename != _path)
+    {
+        retval = image_find_path(fs, &remaining, &ino_parent);
 
-    if (retval)
-        return retval;
+        if (retval)
+            return retval;
+    }
+    else
+        ino_parent = EXT2_ROOT_INO;
 
     return ext2fs_unlink(fs, ino_parent, basename, 0, 0);
 }