Check the file exists and is valid before trying to read it (fixes bug

* src/yelp-io-channel.c:
Check the file exists and is valid before trying
to read it (fixes bug #371680)

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a553ef91..5e93649a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2006-11-20  Don Scorgie  <dscorgie@cvs.gnome.org>
 
+	* src/yelp-io-channel.c: 
+	Check the file exists and is valid before trying
+	to read it (fixes bug #371680)
+	
 	* src/yelp-gecko-services.cpp: 
 	Fix printing ranges (bug #370618, Christian Persch)
 	
diff --git a/src/yelp-io-channel.c b/src/yelp-io-channel.c
index d504f785..85f26d60 100644
--- a/src/yelp-io-channel.c
+++ b/src/yelp-io-channel.c
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ yelp_io_channel_new_file (gchar    *file,
     if (!file)
     	return NULL;
 
+    if (!g_file_test (file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS) ||
+	g_file_test (file, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))
+	return NULL;
+
     channel = g_new0(YelpIOChannel, 1);
     iochannel = (GIOChannel *) channel;