From 20c562571c1931aa7b73e069ea27ebc38495d6ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Saiz <pablo.saiz@cern.ch>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:38:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] files: avoid creating directories while opening files for
 reading

---
 invenio_files_rest/storage/pyfs.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/invenio_files_rest/storage/pyfs.py b/invenio_files_rest/storage/pyfs.py
index e8c80c8..0ebf7e0 100644
--- a/invenio_files_rest/storage/pyfs.py
+++ b/invenio_files_rest/storage/pyfs.py
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ def open(self, mode="rb"):
 
         The caller is responsible for closing the file.
         """
-        fs, path = self._get_fs()
+        if mode[0] == "r":
+            create_dir = False
+        else:
+            create_dir = True
+        fs, path = self._get_fs(create_dir=create_dir)
         return fs.open(path, mode=mode)
 
     def delete(self):