Fix missing search index dir (#8581)

Fixes #8579
JabRef · Mar 17, 2022 · 6ebb56f · 6ebb56f
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- We fixed an issue wehre long article numbers in the `pages` field would cause an exception and preventing the citation style to display [#8381](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8381), [citeproc-java](https://github.com/michel-kraemer/citeproc-java/issues/114)
+- We fixed an issue where JabRef could not start due to a missing directory for the fulltex index [#8579](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8579)
+- We fixed an issue where long article numbers in the `pages` field would cause an exception and preventing the citation style to display [#8381](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8381), [citeproc-java](https://github.com/michel-kraemer/citeproc-java/issues/114)
 - We fixed an issue where online links in the file field were not detected correctly and could produce an exception [#8150](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8510)
 - We fixed an issue where an exception could occur when saving the preferences [#7614](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7614)
 - We fixed an issue where "Copy DOI url" in the right-click menu of the Entry List would just copy the DOI and not the DOI url. [#8389](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8389)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/JabRefMain.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/JabRefMain.java
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ private static void clearOldSearchIndices() {
         Path currentIndexPath = BibDatabaseContext.getFulltextIndexBasePath();
         Path appData = currentIndexPath.getParent();
 
+        try {
+            Files.createDirectories(currentIndexPath);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Could not create index directory {}", appData, e);
+        }
+
         try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(appData)) {
             for (Path path : stream) {
                 if (Files.isDirectory(path) && !path.equals(currentIndexPath)) {
@@ -161,7 +167,6 @@ private static void clearOldSearchIndices() {
                          .sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder())
                          .map(Path::toFile)
                          .forEach(File::delete);
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                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {