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-rw-r--r--lib/socket.go3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/socket.go b/lib/socket.go
index cdf0f737..119ffdad 100644
--- a/lib/socket.go
+++ b/lib/socket.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
"log"
"net"
"net/url"
+ "os"
"path"
"strings"
"sync/atomic"
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ type AercServer struct {
func StartServer(logger *log.Logger) (*AercServer, error) {
sockpath := path.Join(xdg.RuntimeDir(), "aerc.sock")
+ // remove the socket if it already exists
+ os.Remove(sockpath)
l, err := net.Listen("unix", sockpath)
if err != nil {
return nil, err