From 1d9ed5605e9ad1e4071140741b019fbcb17a70a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Zeithaml <Martin.Zeithaml@broadcom.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:43:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check log directory

Signed-off-by: Martin Zeithaml <Martin.Zeithaml@broadcom.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md        | 1 +
 bin/libs/logging.sh | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 262fe86796..d76a381ddc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to the Zowe Installer will be documented in this file.
 <!--Add the PR or issue number to the entry if available.-->
 
 ## `2.18.1`
+- Bugfix: When `--log-dir` parameter for `zwe` command is a file, there might be an error "InternalError: stack overflow". [#40nn](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-install-packaging/pull/40nn)
 - Bugfix: Error message `ZWEL0141E` did not print user ID. [#3971](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-install-packaging/pull/3971)
 
 ## `2.17.0`
diff --git a/bin/libs/logging.sh b/bin/libs/logging.sh
index 6e41778aca..787c4fe7a4 100755
--- a/bin/libs/logging.sh
+++ b/bin/libs/logging.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 export ZWE_PRIVATE_LOG_FILE=
 
 prepare_log_file() {
+  if [ -f "${1}" ]; then
+    print_error_and_exit "Error ZWEL0102E: Invalid parameter --log-dir=${1} (not a directory)" "" 102
+  fi
   # use absolute path to make sure we can always write to correct location even
   # if other scripts changed current working directory
   log_dir=$(convert_to_absolute_path "${1}" | remove_trailing_slash)