From 478c164bf971cdf1e18a8b2a707abdfab956fa91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Elmes <git@ichi2.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:11:39 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix crash when documents folder on separate filesystem

also get rid of the Documents/Anki symlink, as the symlink doesn't
sync across systems, and is liable to cause confusion in the future
---
 aqt/profiles.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aqt/profiles.py b/aqt/profiles.py
index 743b2e546..d72b0fb98 100644
--- a/aqt/profiles.py
+++ b/aqt/profiles.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import random
 import cPickle
 import locale
 import re
+import shutil
 
 from aqt.qt import *
 from anki.db import DB
@@ -104,8 +105,11 @@ a flash drive.""" % self.base)
             return
         oldBase = os.path.expanduser("~/Documents/Anki")
         if not os.path.exists(self.base) and os.path.exists(oldBase):
-            os.rename(oldBase, self.base)
-            os.symlink(self.base, oldBase)
+            shutil.move(oldBase, self.base)
+
+        # remove the old symlink if it exists
+        if os.path.exists(oldBase) and os.path.islink(oldBase):
+            os.remove(oldBase)
 
     # Profile load/save
     ######################################################################