stweath: fix

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/stweath.c b/src/stweath.c
index e0cd154..62bde59 100644
--- a/src/stweath.c
+++ b/src/stweath.c
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ checkforecast(const char *path)
   buff = getenv("WEATHERFORCEUPDATE");
   if (buff && buff[0] == '1') { force = 1; }
 
-  if (stat(path, &st) != 0) { return 1; }
+  if (access(path, F_OK) != -1) {
+    if (stat(path, &st) != 0)
+      die("failed to get modification time");
+  } else {
+    force = 1;
+  }
 
   now = time(NULL);
   if (now == ((time_t)-1)) { return 1; }