- files[nfiles] = malloc(sizeof(char)*(len+1));
- strncpy(files[nfiles],buf,len);
- files[nfiles][len] = 0;
+ // check sanity of the file list
+ buf[len] = 0;
+ if (stat(buf, &sb) != 0)
+ {
+ // no such file, check if it is safe to print its name
+ int i, safe_to_print = 1;
+ for (i=0; i<len; i++)
+ if (!isprint(buf[i])) { safe_to_print = 0; break; }
+ if ( safe_to_print )
+ fprintf(stderr,"The file list \"%s\" appears broken, could not locate: %s\n", file_list,buf);
+ else
+ fprintf(stderr,"Does the file \"%s\" really contain a list of files and do all exist?\n", file_list);
+ return 1;
+ }
+