o splash screen

o  lilo 'other' entries should work
o  exceptions for 'file does not exist' in iutil *exec*
o  search paths for help files
o  padding changes in gui

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/iutil.py b/iutil.py
index 24e014a76..5b8ccc859 100644
--- a/iutil.py
+++ b/iutil.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ def execWithRedirect(command, argv, stdin = 0, stdout = 1, stderr = 2,
     stdout = getfd(stdout)
     stderr = getfd(stderr)
 
+    if not os.access (command, os.X_OK):
+        raise RuntimeError, command + " can not be run"
+
     childpid = os.fork()
     if (not childpid):
         if (root != '/'): isys.chroot (root)
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ def execWithRedirect(command, argv, stdin = 0, stdout = 1, stderr = 2,
 
 def execWithCapture(command, argv, searchPath = 0, root = '/', stdin = 0):
 
+    if not os.access (command, os.X_OK):
+        raise RuntimeError, command + " can not be run"
+    
     (read, write) = os.pipe()
 
     childpid = os.fork()