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-rw-r--r--src/powder_plot.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/powder_plot.c b/src/powder_plot.c
index d31ce59c..bb3ace9e 100644
--- a/src/powder_plot.c
+++ b/src/powder_plot.c
@@ -884,7 +884,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
- if ( is_stream(filename) ) {
+
+ /* need to check that the file even exists before moving on */
+ FILE * junk = fopen(filename,"r");
+ if ( junk == NULL ) {
+ ERROR("The file %s does not exist!\n",filename);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ if ( is_stream(filename) == 1 ) {
file_type = FILE_STREAM;
fh = fopen(filename, "r");