From 47c3dc23529e43bba509171f6addd449e0cb5622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wilfriedroset <wilfriedroset@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:58:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] patronictl checks if --config value exists (#736) (#1092)

Be verbose about configuration file when the given filename does not exists instead of ignoring silently (which can lead to misunderstanding)
---
 patroni/ctl.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/patroni/ctl.py b/patroni/ctl.py
index e104988e..7fc4c23a 100644
--- a/patroni/ctl.py
+++ b/patroni/ctl.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ def parse_dcs(dcs):
 
 
 def load_config(path, dcs):
-    logging.debug('Loading configuration from file %s', path)
+    if not (os.path.exists(path) and os.access(path, os.R_OK)):
+        logging.debug('Ignoring configuration file "%s". It does not exists or is not readable.', path)
+    else:
+        logging.debug('Loading configuration from file %s', path)
     config = {}
     old_argv = list(sys.argv)
     try: