From 31d2fb4e11b71c4effd83e9759a346ad5d3ace47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ishuah <kariuki@ishuah.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:20:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] mount: Fix mount breaking on Windows - fixes #1827

---
 cmd/mountlib/mount.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
index d39e6c132..1f801d2bb 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd"
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/fs"
@@ -166,7 +167,9 @@ like this:
 				defer close(stopStats)
 			}
 
-			if !AllowNonEmpty {
+			// Skip checkMountEmpty if --allow-non-empty flag is used or if
+			// the Operating System is Windows
+			if !AllowNonEmpty && runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
 				err := checkMountEmpty(args[1])
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("Fatal error: %v", err)