From 786e19998660746cfc3fc032eebf13dcfa7f7da7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Huck <khuck@cs.uoregon.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 11:01:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Revising existence and executable tests for apex_exec

---
 src/scripts/apex_exec | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/scripts/apex_exec b/src/scripts/apex_exec
index 91ab00e4..01e3fadc 100755
--- a/src/scripts/apex_exec
+++ b/src/scripts/apex_exec
@@ -678,12 +678,13 @@ else
   APEX_LDD=ldd
 fi
 
-if [ ! -x "${prog}" ] ; then
-    prog=`which ${prog} 2>/dev/null`
+if [ ! -e "${prog}" ] ; then
+    echo "apex_exec: ${prog}: file does not exist"
+    exit
 fi
 
-if [ ! -x "${prog}" ] ; then
-    echo "apex_exec: $1: command not found"
+if [ ! -x "${prog}" ] && [ ${python} = no ] ; then
+    echo "apex_exec: ${prog}: command not an executable file"
     exit
 fi