1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/gxpd.c b/gxpd.c
index 70cd2bf..d6a2601 100644
--- a/gxpd.c
+++ b/gxpd.c
@@ -100,15 +100,15 @@ gxpd(char *fn, const char *xpath_query, const char *prefix)
 				xpath_query, fn);
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	if (obj->type != XPATH_NODESET || obj->nodesetval == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "XPath expression '%s' did not match a nodeset.\n", xpath_query);
-		exit(1);
+	/* return early if there were no nodes to remove */
+	if (obj->type != XPATH_NODESET) return 1;
+       	if (obj->nodesetval == NULL) return 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < obj->nodesetval->nodeNr; i++) {
+		xmlUnlinkNode(obj->nodesetval->nodeTab[i]);
+		xmlFreeNode(obj->nodesetval->nodeTab[i]);
 	}
-		for (i = 0; i < obj->nodesetval->nodeNr; i++) {
-			xmlUnlinkNode(obj->nodesetval->nodeTab[i]);
-			xmlFreeNode(obj->nodesetval->nodeTab[i]);
-		}
-		printf("Removed %d nodes\n", i);
+	printf("%d nodes removed from %s\n", i, fn);
 
 	xmlXPathFreeObject(obj);
 	xmlSaveFile(fn, doc);