From ab731274fdb1b1de6bade95ef9f7b5631b810ec2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Riddoch <mriddoch@ks211278.kimsufi.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:46:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Bug 218 - add error message if MAXSCALE_HOME does not exist

---
 server/core/gateway.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/core/gateway.c b/server/core/gateway.c
index 3da3d8494..53ebcd041 100644
--- a/server/core/gateway.c
+++ b/server/core/gateway.c
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ fail_accept_errno = 0;
         
         if ((home = getenv("MAXSCALE_HOME")) != NULL)
         {
+	    if (access(home, R_OK) != 0)
+	    {
+		fprintf(stderr,"The configured value of MAXSCALE_HOME '%s' does not exist.\n",
+			home);
+		exit(1);
+	    }
             sprintf(mysql_home, "%s/mysql", home);
             setenv("MYSQL_HOME", mysql_home, 1);
             /**