1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbofind b/sbofind
index 8eca349..de94e4f 100755
--- a/sbofind
+++ b/sbofind
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ sub perform_search {
 		}
 	}
 	if ($config{LOCAL_OVERRIDES} ne 'FALSE') {
-		opendir(my $dh, $config{LOCAL_OVERRIDES});
+		if (! opendir(my $dh, $config{LOCAL_OVERRIDES})) {
+		  warn("could not read the configured LOCAL_OVERRIDES directory '$config{LOCAL_OVERRIDES}'.");
+		  exit 1;
+		}
+
 		while (my $dir = readdir($dh)) {
 			next if $local{$dir};
 			if ($dir =~ $search_name_re or in($dir, @names)) {