more work on linking file existence and removability

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/libs/ardour/smf_source.cc b/libs/ardour/smf_source.cc
index e15bc9a238..812e06c27b 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/smf_source.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/smf_source.cc
@@ -63,9 +63,12 @@ SMFSource::SMFSource (Session& s, const string& path, Source::Flag flags)
 {
 	/* note that origin remains empty */
 
-	if (init(_path, false)) {
+	if (init (_path, false)) {
 		throw failed_constructor ();
 	}
+ 
+        assert (!Glib::file_test (_path, Glib::FILE_TEST_EXISTS));
+	existence_check ();
 
 	/* file is not opened until write */
 
@@ -94,10 +97,13 @@ SMFSource::SMFSource (Session& s, const XMLNode& node, bool must_exist)
 		throw failed_constructor ();
 	}
 
-	if (init(_path, true)) {
+	if (init (_path, true)) {
 		throw failed_constructor ();
 	}
 
+        assert (Glib::file_test (_path, Glib::FILE_TEST_EXISTS));
+	existence_check ();
+
 	if (open(_path)) {
 		throw failed_constructor ();
 	}