uzbl: fix file_exists function by using access() instead of fopen() on fifo and socket files

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/uzbl.c b/uzbl.c
index 2e26e8f..288aaae 100644
--- a/uzbl.c
+++ b/uzbl.c
@@ -441,12 +441,7 @@ new_action(const gchar *name, const gchar *param) {
 
 static bool
 file_exists (const char * filename) {
-    FILE *file = fopen (filename, "r");
-    if (file) {
-        fclose (file);
-        return true;
-    }
-    return false;
+	return (access(filename, F_OK) == 0);
 }
 
 void