If an editor has an XML file open, it may create a temporary . file. The existance of this file will cause the virschematest to fail, so just skip these editor temp files. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- tests/virschematest.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/tests/virschematest.c b/tests/virschematest.c index 4c348d9909..d1bcdeac9c 100644 --- a/tests/virschematest.c +++ b/tests/virschematest.c @@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ testSchemaDir(const char *schema, while ((rc = virDirRead(dir, &ent, dir_path)) > 0) { if (!virFileHasSuffix(ent->d_name, ".xml")) continue; + if (ent->d_name[0] == '.') + continue; if (virAsprintf(&xml_path, "%s/%s", dir_path, ent->d_name) < 0) goto cleanup; -- 2.19.2