From 5b50d9835365e14d8736fd6a9c86cef75f530bec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: g-w1 <jacoblevgw@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 21:01:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] make sure exe exists

---
 src/main.zig | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index a6c605d..e47bcf1 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1579,7 +1579,12 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
         if (config.zig_exe_path) |exe_path| {
             if (std.fs.path.isAbsolute(exe_path)) {
                 zig_exe_path = try std.mem.dupe(allocator, u8, exe_path);
-                break :find_zig;
+                // make sure the path still exists
+                if (blk: {
+                    std.fs.cwd().access(zig_exe_path.?, .{}) catch break :blk false;
+                    break :blk true;
+                })
+                    break :find_zig;
             }
 
             logger.debug("zig path `{}` is not absolute, will look in path", .{exe_path});