On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:34:08 +0200
Ulrich Eckhardt <dooms...@knuut.de> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> If you start edje_player or edje_inspector with a path to a file that doesn't 
> exist you get a bogus error message saying that the file doesn't contain any 
> groups. The attached patch uses access() to check if the program can read the 
> file, giving a sensible error message if not.
> 
> I have checked the other utilities there, too, and they work, with the 
> exception of edje_external_inspector. I'm not sure how this one works at all, 
> but it seems not to take a file but a list of modules, maybe someone with 
> greater insight can take a look at that.
> 
> Going through things installed under bin, I'll take a look if those behave 
> properly and create patches for those, too, if this one is okay.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Uli
I like the idea of better error messages, but using access creates a
permissions loophole where the file could be switched between access() and
open(). You should probably check it another way.

-- 
Mike Blumenkrantz
Zentific: Coding in binary since '10.

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