metadata: metadata,
			}); err != nil {
				return err
			}
		} else {
			st, sterr := Lstat(pathJoin(volumeDir, opts.BaseDir, xlStorageFormatFile))
			if sterr == nil && st.Mode().IsRegular() {
				return errFileNotFound
			}
		}
	}

	prefix := opts.FilterPrefix
	var scanDir func(path string) error

	scanDir = func(current string) error {
		if contextCanceled(ctx) {

	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, false, err
	}
	for _, file := range files {
		// Ignore all
		// - regular files
		// - "CAs" directory
		// - any directory which starts with ".."
		if file.Mode().IsRegular() || file.Name() == "CAs" || strings.HasPrefix(file.Name(), "..") {
			continue
		}
		if file.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink {
			file, err = Stat(filepath.Join(root.Name(), file.Name()))
			if err != nil {

	return strings.TrimSpace(buffer.String())
}

// isFile - returns whether given path is a file or not.
func isFile(path string) bool {
	if fi, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
		return fi.Mode().IsRegular()
	}

	return false
}

// UTCNow - returns current UTC time.
func UTCNow() time.Time {
	return time.Now().UTC()
}

// GenETag - generate UUID based ETag
func GenETag() string {