Print error if we can't access the logfile

diff --git a/emerge-timer.py b/emerge-timer.py
index c4354a45d1f7385fb5599b7e6861e2aa78db16d3..95b84b20fb86ae51b1ec3440be463bd6179464f2 100755 (executable)
--- a/emerge-timer.py
+++ b/emerge-timer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 import sys, subprocess, datetime
 
-f = open('/var/log/emerge.log', 'r')
+try:
+    f = open('/var/log/emerge.log', 'r')
+except IOError:
+    print "Permission denied: '/var/log/emerge.log'"
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
     package_name = sys.argv[1]