From a2b262551714a6ce50655737b7a52da385e35fbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom M <tom.mbrt@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 10:54:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Silence annoying 'non-existing shell command file' error
 (#794)

---
 src/fluidsynth.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/fluidsynth.c b/src/fluidsynth.c
index a601eaca..856d58d0 100644
--- a/src/fluidsynth.c
+++ b/src/fluidsynth.c
@@ -853,6 +853,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         {
             config_file = fluid_get_sysconf(buf, sizeof(buf));
         }
+
+        /* if the automatically selected command file does not exist, do not even attempt to open it */
+        if(!g_file_test(config_file, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS))
+        {
+            config_file = NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     /* Handle set commands before creating the synth */