From 5affb9f31bb3862e8b22ae406f32de43c8b55cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Zolliker <markus.zolliker@psi.ch>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:26:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix bug in persistent.py

- use dirname instead of basename
---
 secop/persistent.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/secop/persistent.py b/secop/persistent.py
index 0e7aebd..2d0f12f 100644
--- a/secop/persistent.py
+++ b/secop/persistent.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class PersistentMixin(HasAccessibles):
                 if getattr(v, 'persistent', False)}
         if data != self.persistentData:
             self.persistentData = data
-            persistentdir = os.path.basename(self.persistentFile)
+            persistentdir = os.path.dirname(self.persistentFile)
             tmpfile = self.persistentFile + '.tmp'
             if not os.path.isdir(persistentdir):
                 os.makedirs(persistentdir, exist_ok=True)